History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times, Band 1John W. Parker, West Strand, 1837 |
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... probably , ) and then the winds take it and disperse it till they melt in moisture . And thus the winds which blow from those coun- tries , Libs and Notus , are the most moist of all winds . Now when the winter relaxes and the sun ...
... probably , ) and then the winds take it and disperse it till they melt in moisture . And thus the winds which blow from those coun- tries , Libs and Notus , are the most moist of all winds . Now when the winter relaxes and the sun ...
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... probably have observed a remark- able phrase used by Herodotus , in his own explana- tion of these inundations . He says that the sun draws , or attracts , the water ; a metaphorical term , obviously intended to denote some more general ...
... probably have observed a remark- able phrase used by Herodotus , in his own explana- tion of these inundations . He says that the sun draws , or attracts , the water ; a metaphorical term , obviously intended to denote some more general ...
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... probably one of the earliest of philosophical dogmas . The great master of this philosophy , how- ever , puts the opinion in a more systematic manner than his predecessors . " We seek , " he says , " the principles of sensible things ...
... probably one of the earliest of philosophical dogmas . The great master of this philosophy , how- ever , puts the opinion in a more systematic manner than his predecessors . " We seek , " he says , " the principles of sensible things ...
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... probably given rise to the Pythagorean passion for numbers , were cultivated with much care by that school . But after these first impulses , the sciences owed nothing to the philosophical sects ; and the vast and complex accumulations ...
... probably given rise to the Pythagorean passion for numbers , were cultivated with much care by that school . But after these first impulses , the sciences owed nothing to the philosophical sects ; and the vast and complex accumulations ...
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... probably have no difficulty in conceiving that , for each class of facts , there is some special set of ideas , by means of which the facts can be included in general scientific truths ; and that these ideas , which may thus be termed ...
... probably have no difficulty in conceiving that , for each class of facts , there is some special set of ideas , by means of which the facts can be included in general scientific truths ; and that these ideas , which may thus be termed ...
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History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Time William Whewell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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