 | Richard Watson - 1889 - 750 σελίδες
...metallic nature. It is » perversion of language to assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the 4 mode according to which an agent proceeds : it implies a power ; for it is the order according to... | |
 | William Fleming - 1890 - 458 σελίδες
...to assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of anything. A law presupposes an agent ; this is only the mode, according to which an agent proceeds ; it implies a power; for it is the order according to which that power acts." Reid has said : — " The laws of... | |
 | John Augustine Zahm - 1896 - 458 σελίδες
...: " It is a perversion of language to assign any law as the efficient, operative cause of anything. A law presupposes an agent, for it is only the mode according to which the agent proceeds ; it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without... | |
 | Samuel Fallows - 1903 - 218 σελίδες
...since wisely said: " It is a perversion of language to assign any law as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. A law presupposes an agent ; for it...mode according to which an agent proceeds: it implies a power; for it is the order according to which that power acts: without this agent, without this power,... | |
 | Augustus Hopkins Strong - 1907 - 426 σελίδες
...to assign any lair as the efficient operative cause of anything-. A law présupposes an agent; this Is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds ; It implies a power, for It is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power,... | |
 | James R. Moore - 1981 - 536 σελίδες
...is a perversion of language', Paley insisted, 'to assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. A law presupposes an agent; for it is...mode, according to which an agent proceeds: it implies a power; for it is the order, according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this... | |
 | L. Russ Bush - 1983 - 412 σελίδες
...metallic nature. It is a perversion of language to assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. A law presupposes an agent; for it is...mode, according to which an agent proceeds: it implies a power; for it is the order, according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this... | |
 | Crosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise - 1989 - 906 σελίδες
...therefore, 1 0 Archdeacon William Paley's conception of law was virtually indistinguishable from Reid's: 'A law presupposes an agent; for it is only the mode, according to which an agent proceeds: it implies a power; for it is the order, according to which that power acts. Without this agent . . . the law... | |
 | Crosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise - 1989 - 906 σελίδες
...therefore, i0 Archdeacon William Paley's conception of law was virtually indistinguishable from Reid's: 'A law presupposes an agent; for it is only the mode, according to which an agent proceeds: it implies a power; for it is the order, according to which that power acts. Without this agent ... the law does... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 2003 - 676 σελίδες
...metallic nature. It is a perversion of language to assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. A law presupposes an agent; for it is...mode, according to which an agent proceeds: it implies a power; for it is the order, according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this... | |
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A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode, according to which an agent proceeds : it implies a power ; for it is the order, according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct from itself, the... 
