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#13 [Manuscript] on miracles / [Isaac Newton].
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that the cause of their causes might be unknown to us. Any Occult qualities | that the cause of their causes might be unknown to us. Any Occult qualities | ||
have been exploded not be because their causes are unknown to us but Because | have been exploded not be because their causes are unknown to us but Because | ||
| − | <s><undecipherable></s> By giving that name <s>of occult gives</s> to the specific qualities of things, | + | <s><undecipherable></s> By giving that name <s>of occult gives</s> to the specific qualities of things, <s><undecipherable></s> |
| − | a stop | + | <s><undecipherable></s> a stop has been put to all inquiry into the causes as if they could |
| − | not be known because the | + | not be known because <s><undecipherable</s> the great Philosopher Aristotel <s><undecipherable></s> was able to find [undecipherable] |
[undecipherable] the signification of the words that for may make use of | [undecipherable] the signification of the words that for may make use of | ||
them in exploring (I do not say confusing) then | them in exploring (I do not say confusing) then | ||
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Pag 5 lin 7- <undecipherable> released & confirmed & by these <undecipherable> doth remiss release & confirm unto the said Cath. Barton (in her actuall possession now Bring by virtue of a Bargain - - - - & By force of the statute made for transferring of uses into possession) the said Office of Keeper & the custody of the said Park &c
Philosophy is not to <undecipherable>
For Miracles are so called not because they are the works of God But because they
happen seldom & for that reason create wonder. If they should happen constantly
according to certain laws inprest <undecipherable> upon the nature of things, they
or miracles
would be no longer wonders^but might be considered in Philosophy as a
part of the Phenomena of Nature [notwithstanding their being the effects
of Gods laws impressed upon Nature By the powers of God] notwithstanding
that the cause of their causes might be unknown to us. Any Occult qualities
have been exploded not be because their causes are unknown to us but Because
<undecipherable> By giving that name of occult gives to the specific qualities of things, <undecipherable>
<undecipherable> a stop has been put to all inquiry into the causes as if they could
not be known because <undecipherable the great Philosopher Aristotel <undecipherable> was able to find [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] the signification of the words that for may make use of
them in exploring (I do not say confusing) then
Philosophy of Isaac Newton so
far as if reliable to the argument for proving a Deity
from the phenomena of nature. And as the