Theory consists in referring particular operations to the principles, or general laws, under which they are comprehended; or in referring particular effects to the causes from which they proceed.


Introduction, Section IV, Of Theory, p. 7. - Institutes of Moral Philosophy (1769)


Theory consists in referring particular operations to the principles, or general laws, under which they are comprehended; or in referring particular...

Theory consists in referring particular operations to the principles, or general laws, under which they are comprehended; or in referring particular...

Theory consists in referring particular operations to the principles, or general laws, under which they are comprehended; or in referring particular...

Theory consists in referring particular operations to the principles, or general laws, under which they are comprehended; or in referring particular...