History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times, Band 1John W. Parker, West Strand, 1837 |
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... supposed , I have borrowed largely from other writers , both of the histories of special sciences and of philosophy in general * . I have done this without scruple , since the novelty of my work was intended to consist , not in its supe ...
... supposed , I have borrowed largely from other writers , both of the histories of special sciences and of philosophy in general * . I have done this without scruple , since the novelty of my work was intended to consist , not in its supe ...
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... supposed lore of Egypt and the East ; an opinion which has been adopted with regard to the Greek philosophy in general by the most competent judges on a full survey of the evidence . Indeed , we have no evi- dence whatever that , at any ...
... supposed lore of Egypt and the East ; an opinion which has been adopted with regard to the Greek philosophy in general by the most competent judges on a full survey of the evidence . Indeed , we have no evi- dence whatever that , at any ...
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... supposed by many to be their essential error . It is , no doubt , true , that the disregard of experience is a phrase which may be so interpreted as to express almost any defect of philo- sophical method ; since the coincidence of all ...
... supposed by many to be their essential error . It is , no doubt , true , that the disregard of experience is a phrase which may be so interpreted as to express almost any defect of philo- sophical method ; since the coincidence of all ...
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... supposed accidental dis- coveries in science , it will be found , that it was exactly the possession of such an idea which made the accident possible . Pythagoras , assuming the truth of the tradition , must have had an exact and ready ...
... supposed accidental dis- coveries in science , it will be found , that it was exactly the possession of such an idea which made the accident possible . Pythagoras , assuming the truth of the tradition , must have had an exact and ready ...
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... notions were associated with the stars " . Astrology is of very 30 29 Dupuis , vi . 549 . Laplace , Hist . Astron . p . 8 . 31 Dupuis , vi . 546 . high antiquity in the East . The stars were supposed ITS EARLY STAGES . 135.
... notions were associated with the stars " . Astrology is of very 30 29 Dupuis , vi . 549 . Laplace , Hist . Astron . p . 8 . 31 Dupuis , vi . 546 . high antiquity in the East . The stars were supposed ITS EARLY STAGES . 135.
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