 | 1766 - 226 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 this is... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 pàgines
...at a distance from each other, without any intervening medium. " It is inconceiv" able," says he, " that inanimate brute matter should, " without the...something else which is not " material, operate upon, and aflect other matter, without " mutual contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the " sense of Epicurus,... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 pàgines
...computation, I think, will do well; and I think it not worth the while to alter your numbers. " In " The last clause of the second position I like very...essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why 1 desired you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and... | |
 | John Playfair - 1822 - 464 pàgines
...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,...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 should be... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 pàgines
...other " matter, without mutual contact ; as it must do, if gravitation, in the " sense of Epirurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one " reason why I desired that you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. " That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential... | |
 | 1824 - 878 pàgines
...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,...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 should be... | |
 | 1824 - 844 pàgines
...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,...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 should be... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 pàgines
...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,...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 is one reason... | |
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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... 
