Aphorism 18, Example

<p>This Aphorism declares the principle of what

modern philosophical thought has called the Law of Continuity, by which is meant that universal principle or law, by virtue of

which there is ever maintained a relationship of precedent and subsequent—cause and effect—between all events; the idea being diametrically opposed to that which holds that events are independent and not related to other events. In the Aphorism the word “orderly” is used in the sense defined

a little further back. The word “logical” is used in its general sense of “agreeing with the natural reason”; and therefore, is

employed in the Aphorism, in the sense of “in a manner which accepted by the human reason as natural, orderly, according to

law, and reasonable—and which therefore might be reasonably expected were the preceding events known.” The word

“Sequence” is used in the sense of: “A succession, or following after, in orderly arrangement and uniformity; a series of things following in a certain order of succession.” The word itself springs from the Latin word, sequens, meaning “to follow,” and the idea of following in regular order or procession constitutes the essential meaning of the term.</p>