The Physical System Of St. Thomas
Publisher: Art and Book Co.
Published: 1893
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 228
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Chap. I. THE ESSENCE AND NATURE OF CORPOREAL SUBSTANCES 1; title: II. MATERIA PRIMA 4; title: III. SUBSTANTIAL FORM 12; title: IV. NATURE 21; title: V. CREATION 28; title: VI. ATOMS 37; title: VII. SEMINAL CAUSES 46; title: VIII. QUALITIES 56; title: IX. ATTRACTION 69; title: X. PHYSICAL LAWS 81; title: XI. WHY THE PHYSICAL SYSTEM IS SO CALLED 90; title: XII. THE PHYSICAL SYSTEM WITH RESPECT TO PHYSICS IN GENERAL. THE NATURE OF THIS SCIENCE 95; title: XIII. MECHANICAL INERTIA AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF BODIES 100; title: XIV. OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE DOCTRINE PROPOSED 108; title: XV. ACTION AT AN ABSOLUTE DISTANCE 117; title: XVI. MOTION 125; title: XVII. THE PRINCIPLE, "QUOD MOVETUR AB ALIO MOVETUR, ET PRIMUM MOVENS EST IMMOBILE" 138; title: XVIII. THE MUTABILITY OF EXTENSION 150; title: XIX. WHY THE PHYSICAL SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN OPPOSITION TO PHYSICS 160; title: XX. ON THE DIVISIBILITY OF THE CONTINUOUS EXTENDED 163; title: XXI. ETHER 170; title: XXTI. CHEMISTRY 177; title: XXLII. ELEMENTARY ATOMS 180; title: XXIV. THE MATTER AND FORM OF ELEMENTARY SUBSTANCES ARE REALLY DISTINCT 184; title: XXV. AN ELEMENTARY SUBSTANCE IS CHEMICALLY SIMPLE 188; title: XXVI. THE "MIXTUM," OR THE CHEMICAL COMPOUND. AFFINITY BETWEEN THE ELEMENTS 193; title: XXVII. THE "MIXTUM," OR CHEMICAL COMPOUND, HAS A NATURE SPECIFICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF ITS COMPONENTS 198; title: XXVIII. WHAT IS MEANT BY SUBSTANTIAL TRANSFORMATION 201; title: XXIX. THE COMMON SENSE OF MANKIND IS IN FAVOUR OF A BELIEF IN THE TRUE SUBSTANTIAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE ELEMENTS 204; title: XXX. THE SUBSTANTIAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE ELEMENTS IS PROVED BY FACTS 207; title: XXXI. OPPOSITION TO THE DOCTRINE OF SUBSTANTIAL TRANSFORMATION 211