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of or pertaining to the universe in its present state; specifically, pertaining to the races of men known to history.

wtonian philosophy, the philosophy of Sir Isaac Newton; -- applied to the doctrine of the universe as expounded in Newton's "Principia," to the modern or experimental philosophy (as opposed to the theories of Descartes and others), and, most frequently, to the mathematical theory of universal gravitation. -- Newtonian…

re, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good.

r process of bringing or coming into existence; first production. "The origination of the universe." Keill. What comes from spirit is a spontaneous origination. Hickok.

A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe.

The doctrine that the universe, taken or conceived of as a whole, is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the combined force and laws which are manifested in the existing universe; cosmotheism.

imes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place. Locke.

An elevated rational and ethical conception of the laws and forces of the universe; sometimes, imaginative or fantastic philosophical notions.

the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west. See Crystalline heavens, under Crystalline. The motions of the greatest persons in a…

The hypothetical homogeneous cosmic material of the original universe, supposed to have been differentiated into what are recognized as distinct chemical elements.

the system maintained by Ptolemy, who supposed the earth to be fixed in the center of the universe, with the sun and stars revolving around it. This theory was received for ages, until superseded by the Copernican system.

as it is such a thing, endued with such a nature; and a relative, as it is a part of the universe, and so stands in such a relations to the whole. South.

taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God. [Written also Spinosism.]

A view of the universe of brighter stars as it would appear to an observer transported into space outside or beyond our universe of stars.

e, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe. "The great system of the world." Boyle.

ply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate. Men term what is beyond the limits of the universe "imaginary space." Locke.

Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice. "Anointed universal King." Milton. The universal cause Acts not by partial, but by genera…

The universe; the whole. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

The science of the universe, and the relations which it involves.

at virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe. J. S. Mill.