When we speak of material nature as being governed by laws, it is sufficiently evident that we use the term in a manner somewhat metaphorical.


The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as Manifested in the Creation (Treatise III), Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology

William Whewell Quotes

When we speak of material nature as being governed by laws, it is sufficiently evident that we use the term in a manner somewhat metaphorical.

When we speak of material nature as being governed by laws, it is sufficiently evident that we use the term in a manner somewhat metaphorical.

When we speak of material nature as being governed by laws, it is sufficiently evident that we use the term in a manner somewhat metaphorical.

When we speak of material nature as being governed by laws, it is sufficiently evident that we use the term in a manner somewhat metaphorical.