...him to have been among those who ridiculed the institution of the Royal'Society, of which the enemies were for some time very numerous and very acrimonious,...the gradual progress of experience, however he may oppo-;e hypothetical temerity. In this mist of obscurity passed the life of Butler, a man whose name...

...what reason Butler and others heaped such acrimonious satire on the labours of the Royal Society, ' since the philosophers professed not to advance doctrines,...experience, however he may oppose hypothetical temerity.' This statement is not accurate. An investigation into the early proceedings of the Eoyal Society will...

...him to have been among those who ridiculed the institution of the Royal Society, of which the enemies were for some time very numerous and very acrimonious,...for what reason it is hard to conceive, since the philoso" They were collected into one, and published in 12mo. 1739. fi. phers professed not to advance...

...him to have been among those who ridiculed the institution of the Royal Society, of which the enemies were for some time very numerous and very acrimonious,...experience, however he may oppose hypothetical temerity. In this mist of obscurity passed the life of Butler, a man whose name can only perish with his language....

...create the weakness and misery of man, has the following lines : 1 " The enemies of the Royal Society were for some time very numerous and very acrimonious...conceive, since the philosophers professed not to advance doctrine?, but to produce facts ; and the most zealous enemy of innovation must admit the gradual progress...

...to have been among those who ridiculed the institution of the Royal Society, of which the enemies ¡ for some time very numerous and very acrimonious,...professed not to advance doctrines, but to produce facts ; und the most zealous enemy of innovation must admit t lie gradual progress of experience, however...

...Johnson, •' It is hard to conceive, since the philosophers professed not to advance doctrine, bnt to produce facts, and the most zealous enemy of innovation...experience, however he may oppose hypothetical temerity." At the present time it would not be necessary to justify the existence of the Society' by anch ponderous...

...discontent." As late as Johnson's time the " wits " ridiculed the Society " for what reason " says Johnson, " It is hard to conceive, since the philosophers professed not to advance doctrine, but to produce facts, and the most zealous enemy of innovation must admit the gradual progress...

...this institution were for some time very numerous and very acrimonious, but for what reason it was hard to conceive, since the philosophers professed not to advance doctrines, but to produce facts. This display of animosity was an event of considerably more than two hundred years ago, but a like...

...PhUoiophical Principle* of Uoiet Aeterted, p. 2. m Gossc, Edmund, History of 18th Century Literature, p. 878. to produce facts; and the most zealous enemy of innovation...of experience, however he may oppose hypothetical temerity".123 In the death of Newton the new science sustained an irreparable loss. When the stimulation...