| Charles Croslegh - Apologetics - 1884 - 212 pages
...to Dr. Bentley in 1692, Neuiton says, that, when he wrote the third book of the " Principia," he " had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men for the belief of a Deity." He is truly described in the epitaph in the Abbey :— " Naturse, antiquitatis, S. Scripturse Sedulus,... | |
| Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1885 - 514 pages
...1692, the last 25 Feb. 1693. ' When I wrote my treatise about our system,' Newton says to Bentley, ' I had an eye upon such principles as might work •with considering men lor the belief of a Deity, and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that, purpose.... | |
| Ludwig Stein, Arthur Stein - Philosophy - 1904 - 604 pages
...System benutzte. „I had an eye upon such principles as might worts with considering men, for a belief Deity; and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose." Bentley kann als Typus für die damaligen englischen Theologen gelten, die das Newtonische System im... | |
| Ferdinand Rosenberger - Physics - 1895 - 552 pages
...sind abgedruckt in Newtoni Opera, by HORSLEY, vol. IV, p. 427—442. 8 Newtoni Opera, vol. IV, p. 429: When I wrote my Treatise about our System, I had an...principles as might work with considering men, for a belief of Deity; and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose. But if... | |
| Ferdinand Rosenberger - Physics - 1895 - 554 pages
...sind abgedruckt in Newtoni Opera, by HORSLEY, vol. IV, p. 427—442. 9 Newtoni Opera, vol. IV, p. 429: When I wrote my Treatise about our System, I had an eye upon such principles äs might work with considering men, for a belief of Deity; and nothing can rejoice me more than to... | |
| Ferdinand Rosenberger - Physics - 1895 - 564 pages
...Opera, by HORSLEY, vol. IV, p. 427—442. 8 Newtoni Opera, vol. IV, p. 429: When I wrote my Treatiee about our System, I had an eye upon such principles as might work with eonsidering men, for a belief of Deity; and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for... | |
| Ludwig Stein, Arthur Stein - Philosophy - 1904 - 602 pages
...System benutzte. „I had an eye upon such principles as might worts with considering men, for a belief Deity; and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose." Bentley kann als Typus für die damaligen englischen Theologen gelten, die das Newtonische System im... | |
| Paul Carus - Electronic journals - 1915 - 672 pages
...Newton, dating from December 10, 1692, to February 25, 1693." The first of Newton's letters begins: "When I wrote my treatise about our system, I had...principles as might work with considering men for a belief in a Deity; and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose. But if... | |
| Great Britain - 1922 - 1486 pages
...1692, the last 25 Feb. 1693. ' When I wrote my treatise about our system," Newton says to Bentley, ' I had an eye upon such principles as might work with considering men ior the belief of a Deity, and nothing can rejoice me more than to find it useful for that purpose.... | |
| Edwin Arthur Burtt - History - 1925 - 382 pages
...approved the main features of the scheme, but devoted itself especially to the above argument. " Sir ; When I wrote my treatise about our system, I had an eye upo1* such principles as might work with considering men, for the belief of a Deity ; and nothing can... | |
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