Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Nehemiah Grew

Quote by Nehemiah Grew

“[We need not think] that there is any Contradiction, when Philosophy teaches that to be done by Nature; which Religion, and the Sacred Scriptures, teach us to be done by God: no more, than to say, That the balance of a Watch is moved by the next Wheel, is to deny that Wheel, and the rest, to be moved by the Spring; and that both the Spring, and all the other Parts, are caused to move together by the Maker of them. So God may be truly the Cause of This Effect, although a Thousand other Causes should be supposed to intervene: For all Nature is as one Great Engine, made by, and held in His Hand.”

Quote by Nehemiah Grew

Create image

Author

Nehemiah Grew
Nehemiah Grew

Nehemiah Grew was a renowned English physician and botanist, born on September 26, 1641, and died on March 25, 1712. He made significant contributions to the fields of medicine and botany and is considered one of the founders of British botany. more

You May Also Like

“In the expressions we adopt to prescribe physical phenomena we necessarily hover between two extremes. We either have to choose a word which implies more than we can prove, or we have to use vague and general terms which hide the essential point, instead of bringing it out. The history of electrical theories furnishes a good example.”

TwoUseScienceTermHistoryExampleExpressionTheoryProveEssentialsExtremesVagueElectricalGood ExamplesNomenclatureTwo Extremes
Author:Arthur Schuster
Create image

“A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to see the necessity of those hard bodies, in the constitution of this earth, or for the permanency of the land on which we dwell, and when he finds that there are means wisely provided for the renovation of this necessary decaying part, as well as that of every other, he then, with pleasure, contemplates this manifestation of design, and thus connects the mineral system of this earth with that by which the heavenly bodies are made to move perpetually in their orbits.”

WellsMayMeanMadeHardBodyEarthMovingScienceInterestPleasureStudyLandSubjectsRocksDesignStonesConstitutionPhilosopherManifestationHeavenlyContemplatingGeologyOrbitMineralsRenovationHeavenly Bodies
Book:Theory of the Earth: With Proofs and Illustrations
Create image

“Anyone who has examined into the history of the theories of earth evolution must have been astounded to observe the manner in which the unique and the difficultly explainable has been made to take the place of the common and the natural in deriving the framework of these theories.”

Has BeensMadeEarthScienceNaturalCommonTheoryEvolutionUniqueFrameworkGeologyAstounded
Book:Earth Evolution and Its Facial Expression
Create image

“Geology has shared the fate of other infant sciences, in being for a while considered hostile to revealed religion; so like them, when fully understood, it will be found a potent and consistent auxiliary to it, exalting our conviction of the Power, and Wisdom, and Goodness of the Creator.”

ScienceReligionFoundFateGoodnessUnderstoodConvictionCreatorConsistentHostileInfantGeology
Book:The Evolution Debate, 1813-1870: Geology and Mineralogy, Considered with Reference to Natural Theology
Create image