Elements of the History of Philosophy and Science: From the Earliest Authentic Records to the Commencement of the Eighteenth CenturyB.J. Holdsworth, 1827 - 560 pages |
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... æra in the history of the human mind , since these illustrious individuals may justly be accounted founders of new schools in physical and intellectual science ; that , subse- quently to that period , the ramifications of human ...
... æra in the history of the human mind , since these illustrious individuals may justly be accounted founders of new schools in physical and intellectual science ; that , subse- quently to that period , the ramifications of human ...
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... æra of Locke and Newton , which may be re- ferred to the close of the seventeenth . After this period , the ramifications of science became so nume- rous , and the field of general knowledge so enlarged , that to take even the most ...
... æra of Locke and Newton , which may be re- ferred to the close of the seventeenth . After this period , the ramifications of science became so nume- rous , and the field of general knowledge so enlarged , that to take even the most ...
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... Æra . 29. Before we quit this vast and populous em- pire , the literary history of which is daily becoming better known and more interesting to Europeans , a cursory view may be taken of the principal de- partments of its modern ...
... Æra . 29. Before we quit this vast and populous em- pire , the literary history of which is daily becoming better known and more interesting to Europeans , a cursory view may be taken of the principal de- partments of its modern ...
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... æra of Zerdusht , that we find ourselves on the firm ground of authentic history . This celebrated Persian philosopher is to be distinguished both from the Chaldæan philosopher of the same name ( to whom we have already referred ) , who ...
... æra of Zerdusht , that we find ourselves on the firm ground of authentic history . This celebrated Persian philosopher is to be distinguished both from the Chaldæan philosopher of the same name ( to whom we have already referred ) , who ...
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... by the disciples of their several schools ; but it was not till about the æra of H Alexander of Macedon , that the fabric of geometrical science CHAP . III . 97 ANCIENT MATHEMATICIANS . continued, (from a c 300—s d 400) II.
... by the disciples of their several schools ; but it was not till about the æra of H Alexander of Macedon , that the fabric of geometrical science CHAP . III . 97 ANCIENT MATHEMATICIANS . continued, (from a c 300—s d 400) II.
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