...Rejecting, then, the metaphysical dogma of free will, and the theological dogma of predestined events,19 we are driven to the conclusion that the actions of men, being determined solely by their antecedent's, must have a "character of uniformity, that is to say, must, under precisely tlie^ same...

...sense. And now let us see what Mr. Buckle says on these points: "Rejecting the metaphysical doctrine of free-will, and the theological dogma of predestined...circumstances, always issue in precisely the same results." Here, we observe, Mr. Buckle contradicts himself; for though he expresses so confidently that the law...

...mind and exerting itself, independently of motives." (Hist, of Civil., 2nd Ed. ip 17.) He holds also that "the actions of men being determined solely by...circumstances always issue in precisely the same results." (Ibid. p. 18.) It is these opinions Mr. Buckle considers as confirmed by the results of statistics....

...Eejecting, then, the metaphysical dogma of free will, and the theological dogma of predestined events,19 we are driven to the conclusion that the actions of men,...antecedents, must have a character of uniformity, that is n That is, according to the phenomenal evidence presented to the understanding, and estimated by the...

...Rejecting, then, the metaphysical dogma of free will, and the theological dogma of predestined events,19 we are driven to the conclusion that the actions of men,...antecedents, must have a character of uniformity, that is 17 That is, according to the phenomenal evidence presented to the understanding, anil estimated by...

...predict the whole of their immediate results. Inferring, then, that the actions of men, being thus determined solely by their antecedents, must have...circumstances, always issue in precisely the same results, he arrives further at the conclusion that, as all antecedents are either in the mind or out of it,...

...certainty predict the whole of their immediate results.' From this proposition the historian concludes ' that the actions of men, being determined solely by their antecedents, must, under precisely the same circumstances, always issue in precisely the same results. And as all antecedents...

...consequence of these events, he would adopt." "Rejecting, then, the metaphysical dogma of free will, and the theological dogma of predestined events, we...precisely the same circumstances, always issue in the same results. And as all antecedents are either in the mind or out of it, we clearly see that all...

...then," adds the illustrious and much to be regretted Buckle, who raises himself from man to history, " the metaphysical dogma of free-will, and the theological...circumstances, always issue in precisely the same events ... all the vicissitudes of the human race, their progress or their decay, their happiness or...

...exists depends upon the past, prepares the future, and is related to the whole." f " Eejecting, then, the metaphysical dogma of free-will, and the theological...circumstances, always issue in precisely the same results." \ " The life of man is, therefore, like a stream of events or changes in linked sequence, flowing on...