Essays on the Spirit of the Inductive Philosophy: The Unity of Worlds and the Philosophy of Creation

abstract admitted advance analogy animal anomaly appear application argu argument assertion belief bodies Brewster causation causation laws changes character ciple conception conclusion conjecture connected connexion consideration cosmical difficulty discovery distinct Divine earth effect epochs Essay evidence evinced existence fact final causes force forms generalisation geology globe gravitation grounds heat higher idea imagine inductive philosophy inference influence inhabitants inquiry instances intellectual kind laws limited manifestations matter mechanical ment merely mind moral motion natural theology nebular nebular hypothesis nebular theory nebulous necessary nexion object observed orbit organised origin peculiar periods pheno phenomena philosophical physical causes planetary system planets present principle probably proof proper motion question racter reason reference relation sense sequence sidereal solar solar system species speculations spiritual stars supposed Supreme Supreme Intelligence theory things tion trace truth uncon unity unity of science universe Uranus whole wholly worlds writers