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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... nature . It is , on the contrary , a mere idea of a state , and one to which he seeks to make his actual state of being adequate under purely empirical conditions— an impossible task . He projects this idea himself , and , thanks to his ...
... nature . It is , on the contrary , a mere idea of a state , and one to which he seeks to make his actual state of being adequate under purely empirical conditions— an impossible task . He projects this idea himself , and , thanks to his ...
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... nature when they have no power but what the laws of nature give them , when it is a physical impossibility for them to do the smallest thing otherwise than through some law of nature , is an absurdity . The thing they need to be told is ...
... nature when they have no power but what the laws of nature give them , when it is a physical impossibility for them to do the smallest thing otherwise than through some law of nature , is an absurdity . The thing they need to be told is ...
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... nature , or con- formity to nature , is held up not as a simply prudential but as an ethical maxim , and by those who talk of jus naturae , even as a law , fit to be administered by tribunals and enforced by sanctions . Right action ...
... nature , or con- formity to nature , is held up not as a simply prudential but as an ethical maxim , and by those who talk of jus naturae , even as a law , fit to be administered by tribunals and enforced by sanctions . Right action ...
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Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres | 3 |
JOHANNES KEPLER | 18 |
GALILEO GALILEI | 26 |
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