...contingent, or might poffibjy Ьатчр been otberwiip than it is, had fome cauie which determined it te he what it is. Or, in other words : if two different or contrary things were each of them poffible, which ever of them took place? or came to pafs, it jnuft have done fo in confequence...

...reafoning is chiefly built. " Whatever," fays he, " is contingent, or might poliibly have been otherwile than it is, had fome efficient caufe which determined...other words, if two different or contrary things were equallv poffible, whichever of them took place, or came to pafs, itmuft have done to' in conlcquence...

...more fully perceive its meaning. The . axiom is this : " Whatever is contingent, or might poffibly have been otherwife than it is, had fome efficient...it to be what it is." Or in other words : " if two dirierent or contrary things were equally pbffible, whichever of them took place, or came to pafs,...

...axiom " that " whatever is contingent, or might possibly have been otherwise than it is, had some cause which determined it to be what it is. Or in other words : if two different or contrary things were each of them possible, whichever of them took place, or came to pass, it must have done so in consequence...

...axiom " that " whatever is contingent, or might possibly have been otherwise than it is, had some cause which determined it to be what it is. Or in other words : if two different or contrary things were each of them possible, whichever of them took place, or came to pass, it must have done so in consequence...

...difference is explained by the preceding conditions out of which it arose. It is this, and this alone, which determined it to be what it is. Or in other words, it is this which determined the force which produced it — determined that the force should produce...