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... seen , the ascents from par- ticular to general are all successive ; and each step of this ascent requires time , and labour , and a patient examination of actual facts and objects . It would , of course , be absurd to blame Plato for ...
... seen , the ascents from par- ticular to general are all successive ; and each step of this ascent requires time , and labour , and a patient examination of actual facts and objects . It would , of course , be absurd to blame Plato for ...
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... seen , he had a very important share in the introduction of the theory of epicycles , having been the first to propose to astronomers in a distinct form , the problem of which that theory was the solu- tion ; namely , " to explain the ...
... seen , he had a very important share in the introduction of the theory of epicycles , having been the first to propose to astronomers in a distinct form , the problem of which that theory was the solu- tion ; namely , " to explain the ...
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... seen in the heavens : namely , the spheres which revolve and carry the luminaries in their revolutions . Now it was no doubt the determined search for such " realities " as these which gave birth to the Greek Astronomy , that first and ...
... seen in the heavens : namely , the spheres which revolve and carry the luminaries in their revolutions . Now it was no doubt the determined search for such " realities " as these which gave birth to the Greek Astronomy , that first and ...
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... seen , finding the One in the Many . In the passage quoted from the Later Analytics , Aristotle uses the same expression , and speaks very justly respecting the formation of knowledge . Indeed the Titles of the chapters of this and many ...
... seen , finding the One in the Many . In the passage quoted from the Later Analytics , Aristotle uses the same expression , and speaks very justly respecting the formation of knowledge . Indeed the Titles of the chapters of this and many ...
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... seen , at a very early period of Greek philosophy , and continued long to be regarded as a chief point of physiological doctrine . In Galen's work we have a treatise entitled , On the Elements according to Hippocrates ; and the writer ...
... seen , at a very early period of Greek philosophy , and continued long to be regarded as a chief point of physiological doctrine . In Galen's work we have a treatise entitled , On the Elements according to Hippocrates ; and the writer ...
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Page 117 - ... whom I have repeatedly and urgently requested to look at the moon and planets through my glass, which he pertinaciously refuses to do. Why are you not here ? "What shouts of laughter we should have at this glorious folly, and to hear the Professor of Philosophy at Pisa labouring before the Grand Duke, with logical arguments, as if with magical incantations, to charm the new planets out of the sky.
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