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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... Egyptians ; " that the most scientific as well as most magnificent and costly specimens of ancient architecture were erected in the days of Solomon , and under the di- rection of that monarch , whose wisdom is said , in Scripture , to ...
... Egyptians ; " that the most scientific as well as most magnificent and costly specimens of ancient architecture were erected in the days of Solomon , and under the di- rection of that monarch , whose wisdom is said , in Scripture , to ...
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... Egyptians rather derived the rudiments of knowledge from the Chal- dæans , than the Chaldæans from them . Aristotle distinctly asserts , that " the Chaldæan magi were known as a learned sect long before the Egyptian priests ; " and it ...
... Egyptians rather derived the rudiments of knowledge from the Chal- dæans , than the Chaldæans from them . Aristotle distinctly asserts , that " the Chaldæan magi were known as a learned sect long before the Egyptian priests ; " and it ...
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... which this conclusion rests : -1 . Their contiguity to the Egyptians , and known intercourse with them , in very remote ages . Since it is well known that 费& in Egypt the arts and sciences were early SECT . V. 55 ARABIA .
... which this conclusion rests : -1 . Their contiguity to the Egyptians , and known intercourse with them , in very remote ages . Since it is well known that 费& in Egypt the arts and sciences were early SECT . V. 55 ARABIA .
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... Egyptians . They arro- gated to themselves the honour of having been the preceptors of mankind . From them , as from the grand focus of science and learning , all those rays of knowledge were supposed to have diverged by which the rest ...
... Egyptians . They arro- gated to themselves the honour of having been the preceptors of mankind . From them , as from the grand focus of science and learning , all those rays of knowledge were supposed to have diverged by which the rest ...
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... Egyptians , amongst which the following may be enumerated : --- 1. The very remote period at which the dawn of ... Egyptian origin . 4. But most of all is this obscurity to be attri- buted to the utter destruction of the ancient records ...
... Egyptians , amongst which the following may be enumerated : --- 1. The very remote period at which the dawn of ... Egyptian origin . 4. But most of all is this obscurity to be attri- buted to the utter destruction of the ancient records ...
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