Excerpt from Theodicy: Essays on Divine Providence, Vol. 2 Action it seems that an absolute minimum is indicat ed. Hence in the universe we can always say that the least means is used for producing the effect intended; but we cannot always say that the least action is used, unless by changing the meaning of the expression, namely, by taking in each different case a different rule for measuring the quantity of the action. Indeed, if we always insisted on measuring the quantity of the action by the principle of Maupertuis, ...
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Excerpt from Theodicy: Essays on Divine Providence, Vol. 2 Action it seems that an absolute minimum is indicat ed. Hence in the universe we can always say that the least means is used for producing the effect intended; but we cannot always say that the least action is used, unless by changing the meaning of the expression, namely, by taking in each different case a different rule for measuring the quantity of the action. Indeed, if we always insisted on measuring the quantity of the action by the principle of Maupertuis, Space multi plied by velocity, we should often find ourselves mistaken. It is true that in many of the movements which take place in the universe we notice a saving both of space and velocity, so that nature would then seem to aim at rendering the motion gentle and free from violence; but it is also true that in many a case it seems to aim at the very reverse, as for instance in the muscular movements and then f07'68 is the thing economized. At other times what nature appears to propose to itself is the obtaining of as much motion as possible by a saving of time, force, and obstacles. In short, the mains is invariably what nature econo mizes in working for the end proposed and that end varies according to need. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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