 | 1759 - 188 Seiten
...asare both true and fufficient to explain their Appearances. To this Purpofe the Philofophers fay, that Nature does Nothing in vain, and more is in vain when lefs will ferve ; for Nature is pleafed with Simplicity and affefls not the Pomp of fuperfluous Caufes.... | |
 | Richard Lovett - 1766 - 610 Seiten
...as ar$ both true and Jtifficient to explain their appearances. To this purpofe the Philosophers fay, that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is. in vain, when lefs will ferve. . i» • Rule II. Therefore, to. the fame nalural ejfeffsy we muft, as far 'as affign... | |
 | Isaac Newton - 1803 - 410 Seiten
...as are both true and fufficient to explain their appearancesTo this • purpofe the philofophers fay that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is in vain when lefs will ferve ; for Nature is pleafed with fimplicity, and affe&snot the pomp of fuperfluous caufes.... | |
 | Seba Smith - 1850 - 212 Seiten
...widely and deeply into the works of nature than any other philosopher has hitherto done, remarks that " Nature is pleased with simplicity, and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes." SECTION IV. COMMENSURABLE AND INCOMMENSURABLE QUANTITIES. STRICTLY speaking, there are no quantities... | |
 | William Sharp - 1853 - 286 Seiten
...plainly that opinion of store was a cause of want." LORD BAOOK. THE SINGLE MEDICINE OF HOMCEOPATHY. "More is in vain when less will serve, for nature is pleased with simplicity." SIR ISAAC NEWTON. TRUTH was well feigned by the ancients to lie at the bottom of a •well. The progress... | |
 | John Gibson MacVicar - 1856 - 126 Seiten
...rule not to multiply causes in vain; " and more is in vain (says Newton, when laying down the rule) when less will serve ; for nature is pleased with...simplicity, and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes." And, again, more specially in another place, thi.s greatest of physicists puts the interesting query,... | |
 | William Sharp - 1856 - 384 Seiten
...opinion of store was a cause of want." LORD BACON. ESSAY VIII. THE SINGLE MEDICINE OF HOMCEOPATHY. " More is in vain when less will serve, for nature is pleased with simplicity." SIR ISAAC NEWTON. TKUTH was well feigned by the ancients to lie at the bottom of a well. The progress... | |
 | Geologists' Association - 1891 - 806 Seiten
...conjecture that Nature always works in the simplest possible manner. It is true that Newton said '' Nature is pleased with simplicity, and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes. "f But for all that, the seduction of simplicity has led many a philosopher off the right track ; and... | |
 | M. B. Craven - 1871 - 330 Seiten
...when obstacles are removed." (Advancement of Learning b. 3, c. 4). Sir Isaac Newton, in stating that the philosophers say that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is in vain when less will serve, apparently endorses Aristotelian sentiment by saying, " We are to admit no more causes for natural... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1874 - 512 Seiten
...Rule violates it : "To this purpose the philosophers say that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is vain when less will serve ; for Nature is pleased...simplicity, and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes." Now who shall say that Nature doing nothing in vain is a 'true cause,' or that Nature's 'pleasure'... | |
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We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances. To this purpose the philosophers say that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased... 
