The Intellectual Tradition of the West: Copernicus to KafkaMorton Donner, Kenneth Eugene Eble, Robert E. Helbling Scott, Foresman, 1967 - Civilization, Western |
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... living species in groups subordinate to groups . Of the many twigs which flour- ished when the tree was a mere bush , only two or three , now grown into great branches , yet survive and bear the other branches ; so with the species ...
... living species in groups subordinate to groups . Of the many twigs which flour- ished when the tree was a mere bush , only two or three , now grown into great branches , yet survive and bear the other branches ; so with the species ...
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... living creature is due to inheritance ; and consequently , though each being assuredly is well fitted for its place in nature , many structures have now no very close and direct relation to present habits of life . Thus , we can hardly ...
... living creature is due to inheritance ; and consequently , though each being assuredly is well fitted for its place in nature , many structures have now no very close and direct relation to present habits of life . Thus , we can hardly ...
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... living matter there are processes not reducible to physics and chemistry . The author points out that there is no sharp line between living and dead matter : " No hard - and - fast line can be drawn between the living and the non - living ...
... living matter there are processes not reducible to physics and chemistry . The author points out that there is no sharp line between living and dead matter : " No hard - and - fast line can be drawn between the living and the non - living ...
Contents
Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres | 3 |
JOHANNES KEPLER | 18 |
GALILEO GALILEI | 26 |
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