 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 do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential...  Proceedings - Pàgina 46per Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1904Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 pàgines
...should, " without the mediation of something else which is not " material, operate upon, and aflect other matter, without " mutual contact ; as it must...Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And " this is one reason why I desired that you would not as. " cribe innate gravity to me. . That gravity should... | |
 | 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,...gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 pàgines
...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 inherent in it. And this is one reason why 1 desired you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate,... | |
 | 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,...gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body... | |
 | 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,...gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential or inherent in it. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body... | |
 | 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,...Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desire you would not ascribe inherent gravity to me. That gravity should be innate,... | |
 | Joseph Cottle - 1829 - 318 pàgines
...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,...Epicurus, be essential and " inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you not to " ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pàgines
...placed at a distance from each other, without any intervening medium. " It is inconceivable," says he, " that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation...Epicurus, 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,... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - 1829 - 662 pàgines
...matter should, without the mediation of something else, operate upon, and affect, other matter, without contact, as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense...Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it. And this is one reason, why I desired, you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate,... | |
 | Isaac Preston Cory - 1833 - 514 pàgines
...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 inherent in it. And this is one reason why I desired you would not ascribe innate Gravity to me. That Gravity should be innate,... | |
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