| George Henry Lewes - Knowledge, Theory of - 1874 - 456 pages
...which, if only from their speciality, must always distinguish organic from inorganic existence. * " Absolute Space in its own nature, without regard to...which our Senses determine by its position to Bodies. Because the parts of Space cannot be seen or distinguished from one another by our Senses, therefore... | |
| George Henry Lewes - Knowledge, Theory of - 1874 - 512 pages
...with the different manifestations of one character under different conditions. Vitality, again, * " Absolute Space in its own nature without regard to...remains always similar and immovable. Relative Space 13 some movable dimension or measure of the absolute spaces, which our Senses determine by its position... | |
| Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - Religion and science - 1878 - 564 pages
...as absolute motion ? The common impressions are given by Newton in his scholium in these words : — "Absolute space in its own nature, without regard...some movable dimension or measure of the absolute space, which our senses determine by its positions to bodies, and which is vulgarly taken for immovable... | |
| James Ferdinand Mallinckrodt - American wit and humor - 1882 - 130 pages
...means of motion, which iicommonly used instead of true time; such as an hour, a day, :i month, a year. "Absolute space, in its own nature, without regard...determine by its position to bodies ; and which is commonly taken for immovable space ; such is the dimension of a subterraneous, an aerial, or celestial... | |
| Nathaniel Holmes - Idealism - 1888 - 542 pages
...respect of Space which belongs to Immensity, and is the mere possibility of space or spaces parent, and common time is some sensible and external (whether...some movable dimension or measure of the absolute space, . . . and which is commonly taken for immovable space." — Principia, 1 Life of John Locke,... | |
| Nathaniel Holmes - Idealism - 1888 - 540 pages
...accurate or unequable) measure of duration by the means of motion, which is commonly used instead of trne time." . . . "Absolute space, in its own nature, without...some movable dimension or measure of the absolute space, . . . and which is commonly taken for immovable space." — Principia. 1 Life of John Locke,... | |
| Ernst Mach - Mechanics - 1893 - 566 pages
...position. "II. Absolute space, in its own nature and with"out regard to anything external, always remains sim"ilar and immovable. " Relative space is some movable dimension or " measure of absolute space, which our senses deter" mine by its position with respect to other bodies, "and which... | |
| Ernst Mach - Mechanics - 1893 - 648 pages
...position. "II. Absolute space, in its own nature and with"out regard to anything external, always remains sim"ilar and immovable. "Relative space is some movable dimension or "measure of absolute space, which our senses deter"mine by its position with respect to other bodies, "and which... | |
| Ernest William Hobson - Science - 1923 - 526 pages
...form 1 : Absolute space, in its own nature and without regard to anything external, always remains similar and immovable. Relative space is some movable dimension or measure of absolute space, which our senses determine by its position with respect to other bodies and which is... | |
| Edwin Arthur Burtt - History - 1925 - 382 pages
...motion, which is commonly used instead of true time ; such as an hour, a day, a month, a year. " II. Absolute space, in its own nature, without regard...dimension or measure of the absolute spaces ; which our sensesdetermine by its position to bodies, and which is vulgarly taken for immovable space ; such is... | |
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