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... seem to differ from that of other ages ; but it is the imagination of new points of view that gives a wider scope to that capacity . And this is cumulative , and therefore progressive . Aristotle viewed the solar system as a geometrical ...
... seem to differ from that of other ages ; but it is the imagination of new points of view that gives a wider scope to that capacity . And this is cumulative , and therefore progressive . Aristotle viewed the solar system as a geometrical ...
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... seems to dominate our present universe , as a rule for pre- dicting the course of events , and as a guide to the choice of a course of action . This idea of cause and effect is the most potent factor in developing the history of the ...
... seems to dominate our present universe , as a rule for pre- dicting the course of events , and as a guide to the choice of a course of action . This idea of cause and effect is the most potent factor in developing the history of the ...
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... seem to us absurd , let us be tolerant , and gratefully acknowledge that these astrologers , when they suggested such " working hypo- theses , " were laying the foundations of observation and deduction . If the ancient Chaldĉans gave to ...
... seem to us absurd , let us be tolerant , and gratefully acknowledge that these astrologers , when they suggested such " working hypo- theses , " were laying the foundations of observation and deduction . If the ancient Chaldĉans gave to ...
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... seem to have divided the circle into 365 degrees . To learn the length of the year needed only patient observation - a characteristic of the Chinese ; but many younger nations got into a terrible mess with their calendar from ignorance ...
... seem to have divided the circle into 365 degrees . To learn the length of the year needed only patient observation - a characteristic of the Chinese ; but many younger nations got into a terrible mess with their calendar from ignorance ...
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... seem to have been in great difficulty to explain how the earth is supported , just as were those who invented the myth of Atlas , or the Indians with the tortoise . Thales thought that the flat earth floated on water . Anaxagoras ...
... seem to have been in great difficulty to explain how the earth is supported , just as were those who invented the myth of Atlas , or the Indians with the tortoise . Thales thought that the flat earth floated on water . Anaxagoras ...
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