...definition of causation under consideration. Were causation nothing more than invariable sequence, then, according to this doctrine, night must be the cause...succeeded one another from the beginning of the world. But this succession, invariable as it is, depends upon the condition of the rising of the sun above the...

...Such a mode of viewing causation would be liable to the objection very plausibly urged by Dr. Reid, namely, that according to this doctrine night must be the cause of day, and day the cause of night r since these phenomena have invariably succeeded one another from the beginning of the world. But...

...Such a mode of viewing causation would be liable to the objection very plausibly urged by Dr. Reid, namely, that according to this doctrine night must...succeeded one another from the beginning of the world. But-it is necessary to our using the word cause, that we should believe not only that the antecedent...

...Such a mode of viewing causation would be liable to the objection very plausibly urged by Dr. Reid, namely, that according to this doctrine night must be the cause of day, and day фe cause of night; since these phenomena have invariably succeeded one another from the beginning...

...Such a mode of conceiving causation would be liable to the objection very plausibly urged by Dr. Re^d* namely, that according to this doctrine night must be the cause of day, and day the cause of night; since^these phenomena have invariably succeeded one another from the beginning of the world. But it...

...Such a mode of viewing causation would be liable to the objection very plausibly urged by Dr. Reid, namely, that according to this doctrine night must...should believe not only that the antecedent always hat been followed by the consequent, but that, as long as the present constitution of things endures,...

...cause of night; since these phenomena have in* LEWES : Hist, of Phil., vol. ii. pp. 325-6. E ' variably succeeded one another ' from the beginning of the...cause, that we should ' believe not only that the antece' dent always has been followed by ' the consequent, but that as long ' as the present constitution...

...mode of conceiving causa' tion would be liable to the objection ' very plausibly urged by Dr. Reid, ' namely, that according to this ' doctrine night must...day the cause of night; ' since these phenomena have in* LEWES : Hist. of Phil., vol. ii. pp. 325-6. . E ' variably succeeded one another ' from the beginning...

...mode of conceiving causa' tion would be liable to the objection ' very plausibly urged by Dr. Eeid, ' namely, that according to this ' doctrine night must...day the cause of night; ' since these phenomena have in* LEWES : Hist, of Phil., yol. ii. pp. 325-6. E ' variably succeeded one another ' from the beginning...

...the dogma that " the cause is the antecedent which the consequent invariably follows." Dr. Reid urged that, "according to this doctrine, night must be the cause of day, and day the cause of night." How does Mr. Mill answer this objection ? Simply by saying that it is not sufficient that " the antecedent...