 | 1808 - 500 pages
...of language .to affign any law, as the efficient, operative caufe of any thing. A. law prefuppoles an agent ; for it is only the mode, according to which...for it is the order, according to which that power a£ts. "Without this agent, without this power, which are both . diftinft from itfelf, the law does... | |
 | 1803 - 818 pages
...nature," or when the order of the universo is referred to " mechanism." But " a law pré-supposés an agent, for it is only the mode according to which...it implies a power, for it is the order according increased. Mr. Blunt labours \viih uncommon zeal to recommend the Unitaria» 'Irnctt; we think, nevertheless,... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1810 - 498 pages
...inquiries concerning them. I say once more, that it is a perversion of language to assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. A...implies a power, for it is the order according to whigh * Ch. I. Sect. vii. that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct... | |
 | William Paley, William Hamilton Reid - Theology - 1810 - 350 pages
...more than the result of the law* of metalic nature. It is a perversion of language to assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. A...; for it is only the mode,. according to. which an acent proceeds : it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1814 - 554 pages
...operative, cause of any thu>g. A law presupposes an agent j for it is only the mode, according to w Inch an agent proceeds: it implies a power; for it is the...this power, which are. both distinct from itself, the taw does nothing; is nothing. The expression, " the law of metallic nature," may sound strange and... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - Presbyterianism - 1814 - 558 pages
...metallic natuie. It is a perversion of language to assign any law, as the cTicicnt, operatic, cause ofany thing. A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only...mode, according to which an agent proceeds: it implies u power; for it is the order, according to which that power acts. \Vithout this agent, without th.s... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...more than the result of the Jaws of metallic nature. It is a perversion of language to assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. A...this power, which are both distinct from itself, the lain docs nothing; is nothing. The expression, " the law of metallic nature," may sound strange and... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 382 pages
...more than the result of the laws of metallic nature. It is a perversion of language to assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of any thing. A...according to which an agent proceeds : it implies apower ; for it is the order, according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this... | |
 | James Mitchell - Mathematics - 1823 - 666 pages
...laws of motion, it ought always to be recollected that they are not the efficient operative causes of any thing. A law presupposes an agent; for it is...according to which an agent proceeds : it implies u power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Abstracted from this agent, this power,... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 382 pages
...more than the result of the laws of 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 onlv the mode, according to which an agent proceeds : it implies a power ; for it is the order, according... | |
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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... 
