Essays, Selected from Contributions to the Edinburgh Review: Supplementary volLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855 |
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... considered that his actual contribu- tions to human science were inconsiderable . He has certainly done more as a pioneer than as an architect , but still not a little even in the latter capacity B 2 GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF DESCARTES . 3.
... considered that his actual contribu- tions to human science were inconsiderable . He has certainly done more as a pioneer than as an architect , but still not a little even in the latter capacity B 2 GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF DESCARTES . 3.
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... . Descartes ' knowledge and reading were extensive , but certainly far less so than those of many of his contemporaries -- Bacon for example . Yet they were greater than he cared to show ; and it must 16 GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF DESCARTES .
... . Descartes ' knowledge and reading were extensive , but certainly far less so than those of many of his contemporaries -- Bacon for example . Yet they were greater than he cared to show ; and it must 16 GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF DESCARTES .
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... certainly think that when man has discovered the reasons for the position of every fixed star ( though not because he has done so ) , he will very probably be also in possession of those other mysteries , of which it is to be the key ...
... certainly think that when man has discovered the reasons for the position of every fixed star ( though not because he has done so ) , he will very probably be also in possession of those other mysteries , of which it is to be the key ...
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... certainly believe that two and two make four ; and that two straight lines will not in- close a space ; but whether these things be ' gene- ralisations from experience , ' or assume the shape of axioms ( as soon as the very terms are ...
... certainly believe that two and two make four ; and that two straight lines will not in- close a space ; but whether these things be ' gene- ralisations from experience , ' or assume the shape of axioms ( as soon as the very terms are ...
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... certainly most instructive ; for when we find such men thus at variance , at this late period of metaphysical history , and in relation to truths so far from elementary , it may well seem an insuperable difficulty to separate , by any ...
... certainly most instructive ; for when we find such men thus at variance , at this late period of metaphysical history , and in relation to truths so far from elementary , it may well seem an insuperable difficulty to separate , by any ...
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