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... convinced on simple inspection of the theory , was prevented from accepting it by the theological objection that it appeared to substitute the action of a B 13 physical force for the direct action of the Deity . I DARWINISM VERIFIED.
... convinced on simple inspection of the theory , was prevented from accepting it by the theological objection that it appeared to substitute the action of a B 13 physical force for the direct action of the Deity . I DARWINISM VERIFIED.
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John Fiske. physical force for the direct action of the Deity . In France , where ideas not of French origin are very apt to be but slowly apprehended , the opposition to the Newtonian theory was not silenced till 1759 , when Clairaut ...
John Fiske. physical force for the direct action of the Deity . In France , where ideas not of French origin are very apt to be but slowly apprehended , the opposition to the Newtonian theory was not silenced till 1759 , when Clairaut ...
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... forces appears to be substituted for the direct action of the Deity . This has , indeed , been a very common objection to theories which enlarge and define what is called the action of secondary causes , but it has been peculiarly ...
... forces appears to be substituted for the direct action of the Deity . This has , indeed , been a very common objection to theories which enlarge and define what is called the action of secondary causes , but it has been peculiarly ...
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... force " and " cause . " " Force " is implicitly regarded as a sort of entity or dæmon which has a mode of action distinguishable from that of universal Deity ; otherwise it is meaningless to speak of substituting the one for the other ...
... force " and " cause . " " Force " is implicitly regarded as a sort of entity or dæmon which has a mode of action distinguishable from that of universal Deity ; otherwise it is meaningless to speak of substituting the one for the other ...
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... force ' or " cause " except as metaphorically de- scriptive of some observed or observable sequence of phenomena . And consequently at no imaginable future time , so long as the essential conditions of human thinking are maintained ...
... force ' or " cause " except as metaphorically de- scriptive of some observed or observable sequence of phenomena . And consequently at no imaginable future time , so long as the essential conditions of human thinking are maintained ...
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