 | 1858 - 620 pages
...has expressed himself strongly on this matter, in saying, ' To sup* pose that one body may act upon another at a distance, through ' a vacuum, without...so great an absurdity that I believe ' no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty ' of thinking, can ever fall into it.' The conviction... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1814 - 528 pages
...another, through a vacuum, without the me" diation of any thing else, by and through which their ac" tion and force may be conveyed from one to another, is...me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who " has, in philosophical matters, a competent faculty of " thinking, can ever fall into it." With this... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1821 - 706 pages
...without the mediation of any thing else, " by and through which their action and force may be conveyed u from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe '• no man who has, in philosophical matters, a competent faculty of " thinking, can ever fall into it." With this... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1822 - 934 pages
...me. That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum without the...me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it. Gravity must be... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 832 pages
...that one body may act upon another at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of something else, by and through which their action and force...so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has, in philosophical matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. ' (See Horseley's... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 pages
...me. That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the...me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who had in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be... | |
 | Joseph Cottle - 1829 - 318 pages
...That gravity should be innate, " inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon " another at a distance through a vacuum, without the...so great an " absurdity, that I believe no man who has, in philosophical " matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. " Gravity... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing...me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has, in philosophical matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it." With this passage... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 474 pages
...That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act on another, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing...me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has, in philosophical matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it". With this passage... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - Future life - 1829 - 652 pages
...body may act upon another, at a distance, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting... | |
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That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another,... 
