The Age of Enlightenment, Volume 2Barnes & Noble Books, 1980 |
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Page 116
... truth ; and that is all . And you know too that the time of life when we devote ourselves to what is commonly called the search for truth , for philosophy , is precisely that when our temples are becoming grey and when we should look ...
... truth ; and that is all . And you know too that the time of life when we devote ourselves to what is commonly called the search for truth , for philosophy , is precisely that when our temples are becoming grey and when we should look ...
Page 186
... truth for us . All the facts of nature which we have observed , or which we could observe , are just so many truths . And thus we are able to increase the number as much as we please by multiplying our obser- vations . Our science is ...
... truth for us . All the facts of nature which we have observed , or which we could observe , are just so many truths . And thus we are able to increase the number as much as we please by multiplying our obser- vations . Our science is ...
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... truths . To attempt an explanation of the universal deluge and of its physical causes ; to pretend to give a detail ... truth . After taking these pre- cautions , which a respect for the counsels of the Almighty requires , what remains ...
... truths . To attempt an explanation of the universal deluge and of its physical causes ; to pretend to give a detail ... truth . After taking these pre- cautions , which a respect for the counsels of the Almighty requires , what remains ...
Contents
Laugier Essay on Architecture 1753 | 8 |
William Chambers On Civil Architecture 1759 1791 | 24 |
James Stuart | 39 |
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The Age of Enlightenment: An Anthologie of Eighteenth-century Texts, Volume 2 Simon Eliot,Beverly Stern No preview available - 1984 |
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Art in Theory 1648-1815: An Anthology of Changing Ideas Charles Harrison,Paul Wood,Jason Gaiger No preview available - 2001 |