 That it is our own immediate consciousness of effort when we exert force to put matter in motion, or to oppose and neutralize force, which gives us this internal conviction of power and causation so far as it refers to the material world, and compels...  Outlines of Astronomy - Page 234by John Frederick William Herschel - 1861 - 557 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1833 - 500 pages
...motion, or to oppose and neutralize force, which gives us this internal conviction of power and causation so far as it refers to the material world, and compels us to helieve that whenever we see material objects put in motion from a state of rest, or deflected from... | |
 | John Frederick William Herschel - Astronomy - 1835 - 414 pages
...from mere spasmodic contraction of muscles on the other. Brown, 3d edit Edin. 1818, p. 47.— Author. from a state of rest, or deflected from their rectilinear...in consequence of such an EFFORT somehow exerted, (hough not accompanied with our consciousness. That Such an effort should be exerted with success through... | |
 | Christianity - 1882 - 662 pages
...motion, or to oppose and neutralize force which gives us this internal conviction of power and causation, so far as it refers to the material world, and compels...that whenever we see material objects put in motion ... or deflected if already in motion, it is in consequence of such an effort somehow exerted, though... | |
 | University magazine - 1849 - 788 pages
...or to oppose and neutralise forco, which gives us this internal conviction of powe.r and causation, so far as it refers to the material world, and compels...of rest, or deflected from their rectilinear paths, or changed from their velocities, if already in motion, it is in consequence of such an EFFORT somehow... | |
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...or to oppose and neutralize force, which gives us this internal conviction of power and causation, so far as it refers to the material world, and compels...velocities, if already in motion, it is in consequence of an EFFORT somehow exerted though not accompanied by our consciousness." " All bodies with which we... | |
 | B. F. Cocker - Christianity - 1870 - 546 pages
...or to oppose and neutralize force, which gives us this internal conviction. of pcnver and causation, so far as it refers to the material world, and compels...in consequence of such an effort somehow exerted." — Herschel's " Outlines of Astronomy," p. 234 ; see Mansel's " Prolegomena," p. 133. count of the... | |
 | Theology - 1872 - 416 pages
...or to oppose and neutralize force, which gives us this internal conviction of power and causation, so far as it refers to the material world, and compels us to believe that whenever we eee material objects put in motion from a state of rest, or deflected from their rectilinear paths,... | |
 | Alexander Bain - Emotions - 1875 - 710 pages
...internal consciousness of power and causation so far as it refers to the material world, and compels UB to believe that whenever we see material objects put...motion from a state of rest, or deflected from their rectilineal paths, and changed in their velocities if already in motion, it is in consequence of such... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1876 - 414 pages
...or to oppose and neutralise force, which gives us this internal conviction of power and causation, so far as it refers to the material world, and compels...exerted, though not accompanied with our consciousness." Now causal power, as we see it in the universe and in man, means force ; but it means force and something... | |
 | James Martineau - Materialism - 1876 - 76 pages
...motion, or to oppose and neutralize force, which gives us this internal conviction of power and causation so far as it refers to the material world, and compels...exerted, though not accompanied with our consciousness." J: With the tone of this memorable statement it is interesting to compare the feeling of one who, owning... | |
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