 | 1766 - 226 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...each other, without any intervening medium. " It is inconceiv" able," says he, " that inanimate brute matter should, " without the mediation of 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,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 706 pages
...each other, without any intervening medium. " It is inconceivable,'' says he, " that inanimate brute matter should, without " the mediation of something...other matter, without mutual contact ; as it must " do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inhe" rent in it. And this is one... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 940 pages
..." The last clause of the second position I like very well. It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something...is one reason why I desired you would not ascribe innate gravity to me. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 pages
..." The last clause of the second position I like very well. It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something...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... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 pages
...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 pages
...one of his Letters to Dr Bentley is still more explicit : " It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something...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 pages
...one of his Letters to Dr Bentley is still more explicit: " It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something...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... | |
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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... 
