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Page 172
... continuance of the motion is attributable to a mind excited by the impulse , because continued motion implies continued activ- ity . Thus , also , the planets are endowed with minds which guide and impel them in their revolutions round ...
... continuance of the motion is attributable to a mind excited by the impulse , because continued motion implies continued activ- ity . Thus , also , the planets are endowed with minds which guide and impel them in their revolutions round ...
Page 216
... continuance in the future and the past . It describes and classifies facts , and supposes the existence of similar facts ; and this is all . With a kind of dim consciousness , indeed , that these results do not exhaust the subject , or ...
... continuance in the future and the past . It describes and classifies facts , and supposes the existence of similar facts ; and this is all . With a kind of dim consciousness , indeed , that these results do not exhaust the subject , or ...
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... continuance of their species , are all provided for , with- out any tax on their own skill or energy , by the same power and wisdom which ordained their existence . - Moral purpose of physical law . The predominance of law , then , in ...
... continuance of their species , are all provided for , with- out any tax on their own skill or energy , by the same power and wisdom which ordained their existence . - Moral purpose of physical law . The predominance of law , then , in ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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