| Methodist Church - 1879 - 822 pages
...Force, we really mean the persistence of some Power which transcends our knowledge and conception. ... In other words, asserting the persistence of Force is but another mode of asserting an unconditioned Reality, without beginning or end." f The author follows in his wake and says : " "Whenever... | |
| Herbert Spencer - Philosophy, English - 1862 - 528 pages
...correlate of the force we know. Thus, by the persistence of Force, we really mean the persistence of some Power which transcends our knowledge and conception. The manifestations, as occurring cither in ourselves or outside of us, do not persist ; but that which persists is the Unknown Cause... | |
| Herbert Spencer - Philosophy, Modern - 1864 - 538 pages
...correlate of the force we know. Thus, by the persistence of Force, we really mean the persistence of some Power which transcends our knowledge and conception....persistence of Force, is but another mode of asserting an Unconditioned Reality, without beginning or end. Thus, quite unexpectedly, we come down once more to... | |
| Herbert Spencer - Evolution - 1867 - 608 pages
...correlate of the force we know. Thus, by the persistence of Force, we really mean the persistence of some Power which transcends our knowledge and conception....persistence of Force, is but another mode of asserting an Unconditioned Reality, without beginning or end. Thus, quite unexpectedly, we come down once more to... | |
| Herbert Spencer - Philosophy, English - 1870 - 600 pages
...correlate of the force we know. Thus, by the persistence of Force, we really mean the persistence of some Power which transcends our knowledge and conception....persistence of Force, is but another mode of asserting an Unconditioned Reality, without beginning or end. Thus, quite unexpectedly, we come down once more to... | |
| Literature - 1873 - 828 pages
...By the persistence of Force, we really mean the persistence of some Power . . . The manifestations do not persist, but that which persists is the unknown Cause of these manifestations." The reason, therefore, why nearly all the skeptics of the day deserving notice deny a miracle, is not... | |
| John Fiske - 1874 - 1188 pages
...correlate of the force we know. Thus by the persistence of force, we really mean the persistence of some Power which transcends our knowledge and conception....persistence of force is but another mode of asserting an Unconditioned Reality, without beginning or end." Thus as " a subjective analysis proved that while,... | |
| John Fiske - Evolution - 1874 - 540 pages
...correlate of the force we know. Thus by the persistence of force, we really mean the persistence of some Power which transcends our knowledge and conception....persistence of force is but another mode of asserting an Unconditioned Eeality, without beginning or end." Thus as " a subjective analysis proved that while,... | |
| John Fiske - Evolution - 1874 - 562 pages
...correlate of the force we know. Thus by the persistence of force, we really mean the persistence of some Power which transcends our knowledge and conception....persistence of force is but another mode of asserting an Unconditioned Reality, without beginning or end." Thus as " a subjective analysis proved that while,... | |
| Bible - 1874 - 818 pages
...of the " persistence of force." What is this force which persists ? Not manifestations, for they " do not persist ; but that which persists is the unknown cause of these manifestations," 2 the absolute force then persists. But in what sense are we to take the word " persistence ? " " The... | |
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