Physical and Metaphysical Works: Including the Advancement of Learning and Novum OrganumBell, 1901 - 567 pages |
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... Aristotle's scholar in philo- sophy , and the other Cicero's rival in eloquence ; and again , Epaminondas and Xenophon , the one whereof first abated the power of Sparta , and the other first paved the way for subverting the Persian ...
... Aristotle's scholar in philo- sophy , and the other Cicero's rival in eloquence ; and again , Epaminondas and Xenophon , the one whereof first abated the power of Sparta , and the other first paved the way for subverting the Persian ...
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... Aristotle will at most rise no higher again than the knowledge of Aristotle . And therefore , though a scholar must have faith in his master , yet a man well instructed must judge for him- self ; for learners owe to their masters only a ...
... Aristotle will at most rise no higher again than the knowledge of Aristotle . And therefore , though a scholar must have faith in his master , yet a man well instructed must judge for him- self ; for learners owe to their masters only a ...
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... Aristotle with logic ; Proclus with mathematics ; Text Empir . against St. Math . vii . 133 . " If it is true that God is the great spring of motion in the universe , as the theory of moving forces is a part of mechanics and mechanics a ...
... Aristotle with logic ; Proclus with mathematics ; Text Empir . against St. Math . vii . 133 . " If it is true that God is the great spring of motion in the universe , as the theory of moving forces is a part of mechanics and mechanics a ...
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... Aristotle says well : " Those who take in but a few considerations easily decide . ” y Another error is , an impatience of doubting and a blind hurry of asserting without a mature suspension of judgment . For the two ways of ...
... Aristotle says well : " Those who take in but a few considerations easily decide . ” y Another error is , an impatience of doubting and a blind hurry of asserting without a mature suspension of judgment . For the two ways of ...
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... Aristotle , certainly a great philosopher , who dedicated several of his treatises to him . He was accompanied by Calisthenes and several other learned persons both in his travels and conquests . value this great monarch set upon ...
... Aristotle , certainly a great philosopher , who dedicated several of his treatises to him . He was accompanied by Calisthenes and several other learned persons both in his travels and conquests . value this great monarch set upon ...
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