law of nature

is not an eternal and necessary decree to which events are subjected, but merely a mental summary and shorthand of our kaleidoscopic experience.

a law is not an eternal and necessary decree to which events are subjected, but merely a mental summary and shorthand of our kaleidoscopic experience; we have no guarantee that the sequences hitherto observed will re-appear unaltered in future experience.

is an observed custom in the sequence of events; but there is no "necessity" in custom.

Law is an observed custom in the sequence of events; but there is no "necessity" in custom.

is chance --- Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

law of nature, n.All

law of nature