“Miracles may be, for anything we know to the contrary, phenomena of a higher order of God's laws, superior to, and, under certain conditions, controlling the inferior order known to us as the ordinary laws of nature.” KnowsMayLawCertainOrderKnownConditionsHigherOrdinaryMiracleContrarySuperiorsInferiorsLaws Of Nature Book:Passages from the Life of a Philosopher Source: Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
“Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action; and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action, whether animate, or inanimate, rational or irrational. Thus we say, the laws of motion, of gravitation, of optics, or mechanics, as well as the laws of nature and of nations. And it is that rule of action, which is prescribed by some superior, and which the inferior is bound to obey.” WellsKindActionLawNationsBoundsSuperiorsRationalAll KindsInferiorsIrrationalMechanicLaws Of NatureComprehensiveGravitationOpticsLaws Of Motion Book:Commentaries on the Laws of England Source: Commentaries on the Laws of England