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... predicting the course ofevents,andas aguidetothe choiceof a courseof action. This idea of cause andeffect isthe most potent factor in developingthe history ofthe human race, as ofthe individual. In no realm of nature is the principle of ...
... predicting the course ofevents,andas aguidetothe choiceof a courseof action. This idea of cause andeffect isthe most potent factor in developingthe history ofthe human race, as ofthe individual. In no realm of nature is the principle of ...
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... predicting terrestrial events (astrology), we owe to the old astronomerandastrologer alikethedeepest gratitude for their diligencein recording astronomicalevents. For,out of the scantyrecords which have survived the destructive acts of ...
... predicting terrestrial events (astrology), we owe to the old astronomerandastrologer alikethedeepest gratitude for their diligencein recording astronomicalevents. For,out of the scantyrecords which have survived the destructive acts of ...
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... prediction of eclipses of the sun and moon, andofthe motions of the planets among the stars,became later the highestgoal in astronomy. To not oneof the above important steps in the progress of astronomy canwe assign theauthor with ...
... prediction of eclipses of the sun and moon, andofthe motions of the planets among the stars,became later the highestgoal in astronomy. To not oneof the above important steps in the progress of astronomy canwe assign theauthor with ...
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... predict an eclipse. Itprobably created great terror, for they were executed in punishment for their neglect. Ifthis account betrue,it meansthatinthe twenty second centuryB.C. some rule forcalculating eclipses was in use. Here, again ...
... predict an eclipse. Itprobably created great terror, for they were executed in punishment for their neglect. Ifthis account betrue,it meansthatinthe twenty second centuryB.C. some rule forcalculating eclipses was in use. Here, again ...
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... predicting eclipses.Allthat was knownto the Greeks aboutEgyptian science is to be found in the writings of Diodorus Siculus. But confirmatory and more authentic factshave been derived from late explorations. Thus we learn from E. B. ...
... predicting eclipses.Allthat was knownto the Greeks aboutEgyptian science is to be found in the writings of Diodorus Siculus. But confirmatory and more authentic factshave been derived from late explorations. Thus we learn from E. B. ...
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