Laws of nature are seen to be nothing but combinations of force with a view to purpose: combinations which indicate complete knowledge, not only of what is, but of what is to be, and which foresees the end from the beginning.


The Works of the Duke of Argyll, Chapter IV (p. 123), John B. Alden, Publisher. 1884

George Campbell Quotes

Laws of nature are seen to be nothing but combinations of force with a view to purpose: combinations which indicate complete knowledge, not only of...

Laws of nature are seen to be nothing but combinations of force with a view to purpose: combinations which indicate complete knowledge, not only of...

Laws of nature are seen to be nothing but combinations of force with a view to purpose: combinations which indicate complete knowledge, not only of...

Laws of nature are seen to be nothing but combinations of force with a view to purpose: combinations which indicate complete knowledge, not only of...