But it is necessary to our using the word cause that we should believe not only that the antecedent always has been followed by the consequent, but that as long as the present constitution of things * endures it always will be so. Essays on the Philosophy of Theism - Page 313by William George Ward - 1884 - 739 lehteFull view - About this book
| Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1850 - 678 lehte
...to an idea which he says is "of first rate importance," taken from Bk. Ill, ch. v, <§>5. " But *'/ is necessary to our using the word cause, that we...constitution of things endures, it always will be so." Necessary that we should believe! Why, this is the precise style of philosophising that Mr. Mill professedly... | |
| 1850 - 676 lehte
...r since these phenomena have invariably succeeded one another from the beginning of the world. But it is necessary to our using the word cause, that...been followed by the consequent, but that, as long u the present constitution of things endures, it always will be so. And this would not be true of day... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1846 - 624 lehte
...since these phenomena have invariably succeeded one another from the beginning of the world. But-it is necessary to our using the word cause, that we...not believe that night will be followed by day under any imaginable circumstances, but only that it will be &o, provided the sun rises above the horizon.... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1851 - 530 lehte
...night; since^these phenomena have invariably succeeded one another from the beginning of the world. But it is necessary to our using the word cause, that...antecedent always has been followed by the consequent, tiut that, as long as the present constitution of things endures, it always will be so. And this would... | |
| John Tulloch - 1855 - 416 lehte
...; since these phenomena have invariably succeeded one another from the beginning of the world. But it is necessary to our using the word cause, that...so, and this would not be true of day and night." The concession forced upon Mr Mill, and expressed in this passage is, we cannot help thinking, remarkable.... | |
| John Tulloch - 1855 - 404 lehte
...; since these phenomena have invariably succeeded one another from the beginning of the world. But it is necessary to our using the word cause, that...so, and this would not be true of day and night." The concession forced upon Mr Mill, and expressed in this passage is, we cannot help thinking, remarkable.... | |
| Henri Édouard Schedel - 1858 - 508 lehte
...visible object. But it is necessary to our using the word cause, that the antecedent not only ha-s always been followed by the consequent, but that, as long...constitution of things endures, it always will be so. Night is not a cause, nor even a condition of day. We may define, therefore, the cause of a phenomenon... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 666 lehte
...night; since these phenomena have invariably succeeded one another from the beginning of the world. But it is necessary to our using the word cause, that...should believe not only that the antecedent always hat been followed by the consequent, but that, as long as the present constitution of things endures,... | |
| Rowland Gibson Hazard - 1869 - 550 lehte
...of day does invariably precede the rising of the sun, and we believe that this not only always has, but that, " as long as the present constitution of things endures," it always will so precede it ; and hence, under your definition, the degree of light so approximating would be the... | |
| Rowland Gibson Hazard - 1869 - 310 lehte
...of day does invariably precede the rising of the sun, and we believe that this not only always has, but that, " as long as the present constitution of things endures," it always will so precede it; and ' hence, under your definition, the degree of light ^^Jr so approximating would... | |
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