 The nature of the member or organ is known from the use. The use determines what the organ is in itself, or in its own form ; what it is, in series, with other organs which are contiguous to it or surround it, and which continuously precede and continuously...  Tracts for the New Times - Page 181847Full view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 1847 - 510 pages
...The use or effect,' says he, ' which produces the end, must be the first object of analytic inquiry. The nature of the member or organ is known from the...below, or prior and posterior to it. All these, and then- uses, indicate the nature of the organ under investigation. The use and end are the first things... | |
 | Emanuel Swedenborg - Animal colonies - 1843 - 604 pages
...are contiguous to it or surround it, and which continuously precede and continuously follow it (a) : and what it is, in order, with those which are above and below, or prior and posterior to it (b). All these, and their uses, indicate (a) Those things are contiguous to an organ, which are in... | |
 | James John Garth Wilkinson - 1876 - 626 pages
...and which continuously precede and continuously follow it ; and what it is in order with the organs which are above and below, or prior and posterior...end are the first things that manifest themselves ; for the end is in a manner all in all in every stage of the progress, from first to last — the... | |
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