 | Thomas Pearson - Apologetics - 1854 - 640 pages
...perversion of language," says Dr. Paley,1 " to assign any law, as the efficient operative cause of anything. A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode,...according to which an agent proceeds : it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Creation - 1860 - 364 pages
...power, and as such to be assigned for the cause of anything, or of any property of anything, that exists A law presupposes an agent, for it is only the mode...according to which an agent proceeds ; it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this U agent, this power,... | |
 | William Fleming - Philosophy - 1860 - 912 pages
..."to assign any law, as the efficient, operative cause of anything. A law presupposes an agent ; this is only the mode, according to which an agent proceeds ; it implies a power ; for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this... | |
 | Thomas Pearson - Skepticism - 1863 - 344 pages
...is a perversion of language," says Dr. Paley,* " to assign any law, as the efficient operative cause of any thing. A law presupposes an agent; for it is...according to which an agent proceeds : it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power,... | |
 | Alexander MacLeod - Bible and science - 1867 - 352 pages
...: " It is a perversion of language to assign any law as the efficient, operative cause of anything. A law presupposes an agent, for it is only the mode...according to which an agent proceeds : it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power... | |
 | John Sheppard - Christian life - 1870 - 374 pages
...— " It is a perversion of language to assign any law as the efficient operative cause of anything. A law presupposes an agent, for it is only the mode...according to which an agent proceeds : it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power,... | |
 | Thomas Squire Barrett - Causation - 1871 - 252 pages
...It is a perversion of language ' to assign any law, as the efficient, ' operative cause of anything. A ' law presupposes an agent ; for it is ' only the...according to which ' an agent proceeds : it implies a ' power ; for it is the order, accord' ing to which that power acts. ' Without this agent, without... | |
 | Ambrose Lewis Vago - Phrenology - 1871 - 144 pages
...law itself. And, if he possesses the least particle of reason, he will be able to understand that " a law presupposes an agent, for it is only the mode...according to which an agent proceeds ; it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power,... | |
 | Thomas Squire Barrett - Causation - 1872 - 254 pages
...It is a perversion of language ' to assign any law, as the efficient, ' operative cause of anything. A ' law presupposes an agent ; for it is ' only the...according to which ' an agent proceeds : it implies a ' power ; for it is the order, accord' ing to which that power acts. ' Without this agent, without... | |
 | William Jackson - 1874 - 436 pages
..." a law pre-supposcs an agent," and proceeds to argue the statement on its merits. "Law," he says, "is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds : it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power,... | |
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A law presupposes an agent ; for it is only the mode, according to which an agent proceeds : it implies a power ; for it is the order, according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct from itself, the... 
