 | Andrews Norton - 1818 - عدد الصفحات: 1164
...t to my First Part, that Nature does not act for any end. For that eternal and infinite being which we call God or Nature acts by the same necessity by which it exists." — " The reason, therefore, or cause, why God or Nature acts, • Pamphlet, p. 129. f... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 286
...strongly opposes the doctrine of final causes : " for, says , he, that eternal and infinite Being, which we call God or Nature, acts, by the same necessity, by which it exists" ( p. 162 ). And else-where (p. 36 ) Spinoza says : " I can easily shew that all final causes... | |
 | 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 290
...strongly opposes the doctrine of final causes : " for, says he, that eternal and infinite Being, which we call God or Nature, acts, by the same necessity, by which it exists " ( p. 162 ). And else-where (p. 36 ) Spinoza says : " I can easily shew that all final causes... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 844
...J to my First Part, that Nature does not act for any end. For that eternal and infinite being which we call God or Nature acts by the same necessity by which it exists." — " The reason, therefore, or cause, why God or Nature acts, « Pamphlet, p. 129. f Ibid.... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...to the first Part, that Nature does not act for any end. For that eternal and infinite being, which we call God or Nature, acts by the same necessity by which it exists. The reason, therefore, or cause why God or Nature acts, and why it exists, is one and the... | |
 | Benedictus de Spinoza - 1892 - عدد الصفحات: 222
...Appendix to Part I, that nature does not act from a purpose ; for that eternal and infinite Being that we call God or Nature acts by the same necessity by which he exists. We have shown (I, 16) that he acts from the same necessity of nature as that from which he exists.... | |
 | Ezra Z. Derr - 1911 - عدد الصفحات: 136
...else than that God has this or that idea. In the preface to part four of the "Ethica" we have: — "We have shown in the appendix to the first part of...Nature acts by the same necessity by which He exists. . . . Since, therefore, He exists for no end; and since He has no principles or end of existence, He... | |
 | Central Conference of American Rabbis - 1927 - عدد الصفحات: 510
...perfection determined only by their realness. Perfection and existence are to him one and the same thing. "Thus we see that the custom of applying the words...(Prop. 16, pt. I). The reason or cause, therefore, why God or nature acts and the reason why He exists are one and the same. Since, therefore, He exists for... | |
 | Rose Pfeffer - 1972 - عدد الصفحات: 308
...importance within the unity of the whole, and possesses the attributes of necessity and eternality. "Nature does nothing for the sake of an end, for that eternal and infinite Being whom we call God or * Goethe, Campagne in Frankreich, November 17, 1782. "Ibid., Zur Farbenlehre in Saemtliche Werke, 40... | |
 | Jay Harris - 1991 - عدد الصفحات: 356
...final causes are in fact nothing but efficient causes, made to fit a preconceived picture of nature: For we have shown in the Appendix to the First Part...of Nature as that by which He exists (Prop. 16, pt 1). The reason or cause, therefore, why God or Nature acts and the reason why He exists are one and... | |
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Thus we see that the custom of applying the words "perfect" and "imperfect" to natural objects has arisen rather from prejudice than from true knowledge of them. For we have shown in the Appendix to the First Part of this work that Nature does nothing... 
