Dissertations on the Progress of KnowledgeArno Press, 1975 - 477 pagina's |
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Pagina 63
... attention to minutiae is requisite , discover a mind vigorous , subtile , and versatile , and seem to be equal to any undertaking , how arduous soever . But when they are called upon to act on a greater scale , they hesitate and are ...
... attention to minutiae is requisite , discover a mind vigorous , subtile , and versatile , and seem to be equal to any undertaking , how arduous soever . But when they are called upon to act on a greater scale , they hesitate and are ...
Pagina 156
... attention to it as one of the most wonderful phe- " The bias we nomena in the history of the human mind . acquire , " I quote his own words , “ in consequence of habits contracted in infancy , to refer to a substance material and ...
... attention to it as one of the most wonderful phe- " The bias we nomena in the history of the human mind . acquire , " I quote his own words , “ in consequence of habits contracted in infancy , to refer to a substance material and ...
Pagina 37
... attention to the evidence or the precise nature of the facts ; the philosopher is left to work out the rest from his own invention . Of this kind , called by Bacon the sophistical , were almost all the physical systems of an- tiquity ...
... attention to the evidence or the precise nature of the facts ; the philosopher is left to work out the rest from his own invention . Of this kind , called by Bacon the sophistical , were almost all the physical systems of an- tiquity ...
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afterwards algebraic Alhazen analysis ancient angles appears applied Archimedes argument Aristotle astronomer Bacon Bernoulli calculus cause centre century colour conceived concerning conclusion considered Copernicus curve D'Alembert deduced Descartes discovered discoveries distance doctrine earth effect equal equation error experiment facts fluxions force Galileo Gassendi genius geometer geometry given gravity Grotius Hobbes human idea imagination improvement ingenious inquiry instantia intellectual invention investigation John Bernoulli Kepler knowledge known language laws laws of Kepler learned Leibnitz less light Malebranche mathematical mathematicians matter measure ment method method of fluxions mind Montesquieu moon moral motion natural philosophy nature Newton object observed opinion optical orbit original phenomena philosophy physical planets principles problem progress proposition Ptolemy rays reason reflection refraction Regiomontanus remarkable respect seems speculations spirit supposed telescope theory thing tion treatise truth variable quantities velocity vis viva writers