 Is there not a temptation to close to some extent with Lucretius, when he affirms that' Nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself, without the meddling of the gods'?  Every Saturday - Страница 3191874Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1875 - 374 страници
...from the poet's writings: "If you will apprehend and keep in mind these things, nature, free at once, and rid of her haughty lords, is seen to do all things...spontaneously of herself, without the meddling of the gods." After this, no wonder that Plato and Aristotle are dismissed with scant praise. In enquiring into the... | |
 | 1875 - 388 страници
...in a mixture of alcohol and water," and who seems to agree with Lucretius in affirming that " nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself, without the meddling of the gods," should yet maintain that the poison of typhoid fever can never arise except from a previous case of... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 482 страници
...constitution of nature has been in any way determined by intelligent design. Nature, according to Lucretius, is seen to do all things spontaneously, of herself, without the meddling of the gods. If by the gods we are to understand Mars, Bacchus, Apollo, and the rest, all honour be to Lucretius... | |
 | 1875 - 844 страници
...? Is there not a temptation to close, to some extent, with Lucretius, when he affirms that " Nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself without the meddling of the gods ; or with Bruno, when he declares that matter is not "that mere empty capacity which philosophers have... | |
 | 1875 - 620 страници
...have been conscious that there was any gap. His theory of atoms, and his principle that ' Nature ' is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself, without the ' meddling of the gods,' clearly point this way. The principle of Natural Selection was certainly dimly grasped by him. In the... | |
 | Charles Maurice Davies - 1875 - 396 страници
...thinkers of old, he confesses to a temptation to "close with Lucretius, when he affirms that nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself without the meddling of the gods ; or with Bruno, when he declares that matter is not that mere empty capacity which philosophers had... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1875 - 492 страници
...constitution of nature has been in any way determined by intelligent design. Nature, according to Lucretius, is seen to do all things spontaneously, of herself, without the meddling of the gods. If by the gods we are to understand Mars, Bacchus, Apollo, and the rest, all honour be to Lucretius... | |
 | Joseph Parrish Thompson - 1875 - 66 страници
...everthings we perceive to have sense are all composed of senseless first-beginnings;"') and "nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself, without the meddling of the Gods."1) Nor does he stop with the material origin of organic life, but teaches that "the nature of... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1876 - 706 страници
...things has been evolved. ' If you will apprehend and keep in mind these things, Nature, free at once, and rid of her haughty lords, is seen to do all things...spontaneously of herself, without the meddling of the gods.'' To meet the objection that his atoms cannot be seen, Lucretius describes a violent storm, and shows... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1886 - 536 страници
...life ? Is there not a temptation to agree to some extent with Lucretius when he affirms that nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself, without the meddling of the gods ? or with Bruno when he declared that matter was not that mere empty capacity which philosophers imagined... | |
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