History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times, Band 1John W. Parker, West Strand, 1837 |
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... conceived . It is easy to point out instances in which science has failed to advance , in consequence of the absence of one or other of these requisites ; indeed , by far the greater part of the course of the world , the history of most ...
... conceived . It is easy to point out instances in which science has failed to advance , in consequence of the absence of one or other of these requisites ; indeed , by far the greater part of the course of the world , the history of most ...
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... conceive that I have secured the distribution of my history from material error ; for no merely arbitráry division of the events could satisfy such conditions . But though I have constructed such charts to direct the course of the ...
... conceive that I have secured the distribution of my history from material error ; for no merely arbitráry division of the events could satisfy such conditions . But though I have constructed such charts to direct the course of the ...
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... conceived , from the consideration that a body may go on per- petually revolving uniformly in a circle . And thus we have a demonstration , on the principles of this philosophy , that there is and must be a first mover , revolving ...
... conceived , from the consideration that a body may go on per- petually revolving uniformly in a circle . And thus we have a demonstration , on the principles of this philosophy , that there is and must be a first mover , revolving ...
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... conceiving that up and down are different directions in different places , had been completely got over by Aristotle and the Greek philosophers . They were steadily con- vinced of the roundness of the earth , and saw that this truth led ...
... conceiving that up and down are different directions in different places , had been completely got over by Aristotle and the Greek philosophers . They were steadily con- vinced of the roundness of the earth , and saw that this truth led ...
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... conceived in the most general manner , became an habitual hypothesis of the Aristotelian school . Indeed this metaphor is even yet one of the most significant of those which we can employ , to suggest one of the most comprehensive and ...
... conceived in the most general manner , became an habitual hypothesis of the Aristotelian school . Indeed this metaphor is even yet one of the most significant of those which we can employ , to suggest one of the most comprehensive and ...
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