History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times, Band 1John W. Parker, West Strand, 1837 |
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... writer , but the result of the intellectual tendencies of the age . He who is most forward in the work will wisely repeat the confession of his sagacious predecessor : Ipse certè ( ut ingenue fatear ) soleo æstimare hoc opus magis pro ...
... writer , but the result of the intellectual tendencies of the age . He who is most forward in the work will wisely repeat the confession of his sagacious predecessor : Ipse certè ( ut ingenue fatear ) soleo æstimare hoc opus magis pro ...
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... 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- * Among these , I may mention as works to ...
... 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- * Among these , I may mention as works to ...
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... writers , " says Aristotle , " have considered heavy and light relatively only , taking cases , where both things have weight , but one is lighter than the other ; and they imagined that 48 THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY .
... writers , " says Aristotle , " have considered heavy and light relatively only , taking cases , where both things have weight , but one is lighter than the other ; and they imagined that 48 THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY .
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... writers , " says Aristotle , " have considered heavy and light relatively only , taking cases , where both things have weight , but one is lighter than the other ; and they imagined that 48 THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY .
... writers , " says Aristotle , " have considered heavy and light relatively only , taking cases , where both things have weight , but one is lighter than the other ; and they imagined that 48 THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY .
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... the former is a violent , the latter a natural motion . And the later writers of this school expressed the charac- cess . 12 De Cœlo , iv . 4 . ters of such motions in verse . The rule of 50 THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY .
... the former is a violent , the latter a natural motion . And the later writers of this school expressed the charac- cess . 12 De Cœlo , iv . 4 . ters of such motions in verse . The rule of 50 THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY .
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