The doctrine of the universality of gravitation is a pure assumption, made only in accordance with that "pride and ambition which has led philosophers to think it beneath them to offer anything less to the world than a complete and finished system of nature." It was said, in effect, by Newton, and has ever since been insisted
Copernican, is a complete violation of that natural and legitimate mode of investigation to which the term "Zetetic" has been applied. calculation made, or a conclusion advanced without the aid of an avowed or implied assumption! The very construction of a theory at all, but especially such as the. Its advocates are challenged to show a single instance wherein a phenomenon is explained, a. IN the preceding chapters it has been shown that the Copernican or Newtonian theory of astronomy is an "absurd composition of truth and error " and, as admitted by its founder, "not necessarily true nor even probable " that instead of its being a general conclusion derived from known and admitted facts, it is a heterogeneous compound of assumed premises, isolated truths, and variable appearances in nature. Sacred Texts Earth Mysteries Index Previous Next Zetetic Astronomy, Earth Not A Globe: Chapter XV.
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