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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... "
Mathematical Modeling: A Chemical Engineer's Perspective - Page 20
by Rutherford Aris - 1999 - 479 pages
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The British Palladium: Or, Annual Miscellany of Literature and ..., Volume 9

Almanacs, English - 1759 - 188 pages
...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....
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Philosophical essays

Richard Lovett - Compasses (Mathematical instruments) - 1766 - 610 pages
...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. . iť • Rule II. Therefore, to. the fame nalural ejfeffsy we muft, as far 'as affign...
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The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Volume 2, Issue 2

Isaac Newton - Celestial mechanics - 1803 - 410 pages
...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....
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 15

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 438 pages
...preliminary to this part, he lays down the following rules for reasoning in natural philosophy :— 1. We are to admit no more causes of natural things than...such as are both true and sufficient to explain their natural appearances. 2. Therefore to the same natural effects we must always assign, as far as possible,...
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A Review of the Doctrine of a Vital Principle: As Maintained by Some Writers ...

James Cowles Prichard - Biology - 1829 - 268 pages
...philosophizing, that "we are to admit no more causes of natural things, or of the phenomena of Nature, than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances." " Causas rerum naturalium non plures admitti debere, quam quae et verffi sint et earum phsenomenis...
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Elements of Chemistry: In the Order of the Lectures Given in Yale ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Silliman - Chemistry - 1830 - 540 pages
...provisionally, until somediing better can be done.* (g.) We will add from Sir Isaac Newton, dial, " we are to admit no more causes of natural things,...true and sufficient to explain their appearances." ( h.) " Therefore, to the same, natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes."^...
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Lectures on Logic: Or on the Science of Evidence Generally, Embracing Both ...

Francis William Newman - Causation - 1838 - 208 pages
...more causes of natural things, or of the phenomena 1 Prichard on a Vital Principle, p. 21. of nature, than such as are both true, and sufficient to explain their appearances. This has been received as one of the fundamental laws of reasoning by natural philosophers; and a deduction...
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Elements of Natural Philosophy: Being an Experimental Introduction to the ...

Golding Bird - Physics - 1848 - 620 pages
...of the student, and should be confided in as the best guides in reasoning from experiment. RULE I. We are to admit no more causes of natural things than...true and sufficient to explain their appearances. RULE II. Therefore, to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes....
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New Elements of Geometry

Seba Smith - Geometry - 1850 - 212 pages
...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...
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Tracts on Homoeopathy, Issues 1-12

William Sharp - Diseases - 1853 - 288 pages
...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...
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