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The History of Materialism and Criticism of Its Present Importance ... - Page 276
by Friedrich Albert Lange, Ernest Chester Thomas - 1879
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The Fortnightly Review, Volume 27

Great Britain - 1877 - 938 pages
...philosophy taught in schools we may find one more practical, by which, knowing the force and activities of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens, and all the other bodies which surround us, as clearly as our workmen know their different trades, we may employ them in such...
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The Elements of Political Economy

Emile de Laveleye - Economics - 1884 - 332 pages
...this : " There is a practical science, by means of which, understanding the nature of force and the action of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens, and all the bodies which surround us as clearly as we understand the various crafts of our artisans, we might in...
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The History of Materialism and Criticism of Its Present Importance, Volume 1

Friedrich Albert Lange - Materialism - 1892 - 368 pages
...closely the are in the treatise De Corpore, i. i, method which is also suggested in this Opera Latins., ed. Molesworth, i. definition, we must remember that...knowing the force and action of fire, water, air, the stare, the heavens, and all the other bodies that surround us, as distinctly as we know the various...
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Eternal Life Here and Hereafter

Sydney Herbert Mellone - Eternity - 1916 - 308 pages
...mankind. For by them I perceived it to be possible to arrive at a knowledge highly useful in life, and in room of the speculative philosophy usually taught...heavens, and all the other bodies that surround us, ... we might apply them to all the uses to which they are adapted, and thus render ourselves the lords...
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Rosmini's Contribution to Ethical Philosophy, Issue 6

John Favata Bruno - Ethics, Modern - 1916 - 282 pages
...set out to cultivate a philosophy which would give him "knowledge highly useful in life, and in place of the speculative philosophy usually taught in the Schools, to discover a practical philosophy by means of which, knowing the power and action of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens,...
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Metaphysics of the Supernatural as Illustrated by Descartes

Lina Kahn - 1918 - 84 pages
...set out to cultivate a philosophy which would give him "knowledge highly useful in life, and in place of the speculative philosophy usually taught in the Schools, to discover a practical philosophy by means of which, knowing the power and action of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens,...
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Metaphysics of the Supernatural as Illustrated by Descartes

Lina Kahn - 1918 - 84 pages
...set out to cultivate a philosophy which would give him "knowledge highly useful in life, and in place of the speculative philosophy usually taught in the Schools, to discover a practical philosophy by means of which, knowing the power and action of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens,...
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A Comparative Study of Life Ideals: The Way of Decrease and Increase with ...

Youlan Feng - Philosophy - 1924 - 290 pages
...them I perceived it to be possible to arrive at knowledge highly useful in life; and in room of tho speculative philosophy usually taught in the schools,...the force and action of fire, water, air, the stars, and the heavens, and all the other bodies that surround us, as distinctly as wo know tho various crafts...
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The Rôle of the Scientific Societies in the Seventeenth Century

Martha Ornstein Bronfenbrenner - Learned institutions and societies - 1928 - 330 pages
...instead of that speculative philosophy which is taught in the Schools, we may find a practical philosophy by means of which, knowing the force and action of fire, water, air, the stars, heavens and all other bodies that environ us, as distinctly as we know the different crafts of our...
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Exposé of Communist Activities in the State of Massachusetts: Based ..., Part 1

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities - Communism - 1951 - 220 pages
...ahead : "I perceived it to be possible to arrive at knowledge highly useful in life ; and In place of the speculative philosophy usually taught in the schools, to discover a practical one, by means of which, knowing the force and action of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens, and...
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