...aftion and force may be conveyed from one to another, il to me, (fays Sir Ifnac) fo great an abfurdity, that I believe no man, who has in philosophical matters...competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity murt be cau' fed by aa agent acting cpnftantly according »' to certain laws." But fuppofing...

...may aft upon another f at a diftance through a vacuum, without the '' mediation of any thing elfe, by and through which •' their action and force may be conveyed from one f* io another, is to me fo great an abfurdity that I f believe no man who h"s in phijofophical matters...

...body may afl upon another at a diftancf " through a vacuum, without the mediation of any " thing elfe, by and through which their action and <« force may be conveyed from one to another, is to 'c me fo great an abfurdity, that I believe no man who *« has in philofophical matters a competent...

...diftance " through a vacuum, without the mediation of any " thing elfe, by and through which their adion and " force may be conveyed from one to another, is to " me fo great an abfurdity, that I believe no man who " has in philosophical matters a competent faculty...

...one to another, is to me fo great an " abfurdity, that I believe no man who has, in phi" lofophical matters, a competent faculty of thinking, " can ever fall into it." With this paflage I fo far agree, as to allow that it is impoffible to conceive, in what manner one body acts...

...one body may act upon another at a distance, through ' a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and ' ' through which their action and force...competent faculty ' of thinking, can ever fall into it.' The conviction which his conception of gravity impressed thus strongly on Newton's mind, is enforced...

...fo that one body may act on another, " through a vacuum, without the mediation of any " thing elfe, by and through which their action and " force may be conveyed from one to another, is to *' me fo great an abfurdity, that I believe no man " who has, in philofophical matters, a competent *' faculty...

...should be innate, inherent, and essentjal to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything...and force may be conveyed from one to another, is, he says, to him a great absurdity. Gravity must be caused by an agent, acting constantly according...

...matter, so that one body may act on ano'* ther, through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, " by and through which their action and force may be conveyed u from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe '• no man who has, in philosophical...

...that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force...competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused by an agent acting constantly according to certain laws; but whether this agent...