 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1843 - 648 pages
...we have already cited from Mr. Whewell, " decides that there is no void on such arguments as this : in a void there could be no difference of up and down...up and down, which it is in their nature to do*." In other words ; It is the nature of bodies to move up and down, ergo any physical fact which supposes... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1843 - 654 pages
...Whewell a few pages further on. "Aristotle decides that there is no void, on such arguments as this. In a void there could be no difference of up and down;...bodies could not move up and down, which it is in their 2 B 2 nature to do. It is easily seen" (Mr. Whewell very justly adds) " that such a mode of reasoning... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1846 - 624 pages
..."Aristotle decides that there is no void, on such arguments as this. In a void there could be no di£ference of up and down ; for as in nothing there are no differences,...; but a void is merely a privation or negation of mattet ; therefore, in a void, bodies could not move up and down, which it is in their nature to do.... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1846 - 630 pages
...Whewell a few pages further on. "Aristotle decides that there is no void, on such arguments as this. In a void there could be no difference of up and down...for as in nothing there are no differences, so there arc none in a privation or negation ; but a void is merely a privation or negation of matter ; therefore,... | |
 | Joseph Devey - Logic - 1854 - 426 pages
...be no difference of up and down ; for as in nothing there are no differences, so there are none in privation or negation ; but a void is merely a privation...move up and down, which it is in their nature to do. When we compare such attempts to extract facts out of the loosest forms of language with the scientific... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Evidence - 1856 - 560 pages
...when Aristotle, in a passage already cited, "decides that there is no void on such arguments as this : in a void there could be no difference of up and down;...move up and down, which it is in their nature to do." * In other words ; it is in the nature of bodies to move up and down, ergo any physical fact which... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1858 - 666 pages
...we have already cited from Mr. Whewell, " decides that there is no void on such arguments as this : in a void there could be no difference of up and down...privation or negation of matter; therefore, in a void, bodien could not move up and down, which it is in their nature to do."* In other words ; It is the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1859 - 632 pages
...we have already cited from Mr. Whewell, " decides that there is no void on such arguments as this : in a void there could be no difference of up and down ; for aa in nothing there are no differences, so there are none in a privation or negation ; but a void is... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1862 - 572 pages
...Aristotle, in a passage already cited, " decides that there is no void on such arguments as this : in a void there could be no difference of up and down...therefore, in a void, bodies could not move up and down, whjch it is in their nature to do."* In other words; it is in the nature of bodies to move up and down,... | |
 | Balfour Stewart - Force and energy - 1873 - 248 pages
...of bodies, as colours and sounds are perceived, and he quotes the following from Aristotle : — " In a void there could be no difference of up and down...differences, so there are none in a privation or negation." Upon this the historian of science remarks, " It is easily seen that such a mode of reasoning elevates... | |
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Aristotle, in a passage already cited, "decides that there is no void on such arguments as this : in a void there could be no difference of up and down; for as in nothing there are no differences, so there are none in a privation or negation; but a void... 
