 | 1766 - 226 Seiten
...inconceivable to Sir Ifjae, that inanimate brute Matter ihould, without the Mediation of fomething file, which is not material, operate upon and afFect other Matter, without mutual Contaft ; as it mull be, if Gravitation, in the Senfe of Epicurut, be euential and inherent in it.... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1808 - 590 Seiten
...inconceivable," fays he, " that in" animate brute matter mould, without the mediation " of fomething elfe which is not material, operate " upon, and affect other matter, without mutual con" tact ; as it muft do, if gravitation, in the fenfe of " Epicurus, be eflential and inherent in... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1813 - 564 Seiten
...inconceivable," fays he, ** that inanimate brute matter fhould, without the " mediation of fomething elfe which is not material, " operate upon, and affect other matter, without " mutual "contact ; as it muft do, if gravitation, in " the fenfe of Epicurus, be effential and inherent in ** it. And... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 Seiten
...worth the while to alter your numbers. " In " The last clause of the second position I like very well. It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should,...upon and affect other matter without mutual contact, as it must be, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this... | |
 | 1824 - 844 Seiten
...inherent in matter. The following passage in one of his Letters to Dr Bentley is still more explicit: " It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should,...upon and affect other matter without mutual contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity... | |
 | 1824 - 878 Seiten
...inherent in matter. The following passage in one of his Letters to Dr Bentley is still more explicit : " It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should,...upon and affect other matter without mutual contact; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 Seiten
...know, and therefore would take more time to consider of it." And in the third letter he remarks — " It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should,...upon and affect other matter without mutual contact; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this... | |
 | Joseph Cottle - 1829 - 318 Seiten
...sometimes speak of gravity as essential " and inherent to matter. Fray do not ascribe that notion to me. " It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should,...upon, and affect other matter without mutual contact ; as it must " do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and " inherent in it. And... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 Seiten
...placed at a distance from each other, without any intervening medium. " It is inconceivable," says he, " that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation...upon, and affect other matter, without mutual contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this... | |
 | Isaac Preston Cory - 1833 - 514 Seiten
...appreciating the depth of his views, but sufficiently alive to the physical inconsistency of main* "It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should,...upon, and affect other matter without mutual contact, as it must be, if Gravitation in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is... | |
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It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon and affect other matter without mutual contact, as it must be if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and... 
