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... principle that 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 ...
... principle that 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 ...
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... principles , of which the following are examples : " The circular motion is the most perfect motion , " " Fire is more worthy than earth , " " Ten is the perfect number . " He wrote nothing , but is supposed to have said that the earth ...
... principles , of which the following are examples : " The circular motion is the most perfect motion , " " Fire is more worthy than earth , " " Ten is the perfect number . " He wrote nothing , but is supposed to have said that the earth ...
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... .2 He says : - Copernicus , as we have already remarked , did not Hist . Ast . , vol . i . , p . 354 . Hist . of Phys . Ast . , p . vii . attack the principle of the epicyclical theory : he merely THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 27.
... .2 He says : - Copernicus , as we have already remarked , did not Hist . Ast . , vol . i . , p . 354 . Hist . of Phys . Ast . , p . vii . attack the principle of the epicyclical theory : he merely THE GEOMETRICAL PERIOD 27.
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George Forbes. attack the principle of the epicyclical theory : he merely sought to make it more simple by placing the centre of the earth's orbit in the centre of the universe . This was the point to which the motions of the planets ...
George Forbes. attack the principle of the epicyclical theory : he merely sought to make it more simple by placing the centre of the earth's orbit in the centre of the universe . This was the point to which the motions of the planets ...
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... principles , was in opposition to those of physics , as the heavy and sluggish earth is unfit to move , and the system is even opposed to the authority of Scripture . The absence of annual parallax further involves an incredible ...
... principles , was in opposition to those of physics , as the heavy and sluggish earth is unfit to move , and the system is even opposed to the authority of Scripture . The absence of annual parallax further involves an incredible ...
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