An Anthology of Modern Philosophy: Selections for Beginners from the Writings of the Greatest Philosophers from 1500 to 1900, with Biographical Sketches, Analyses, Diagrams and Questions for DiscussionDaniel Sommer Robinson |
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... light . This is a new light which , after a long night , has risen in the horizon and hemisphere of our knowledge , and now gradually approaches the meridian of our intelligence . Alb . Were I not learned , Elpino , I would know what to ...
... light . This is a new light which , after a long night , has risen in the horizon and hemisphere of our knowledge , and now gradually approaches the meridian of our intelligence . Alb . Were I not learned , Elpino , I would know what to ...
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... light , the third is light . The first belongs to the centre , the second to the circumference , the third to the space between the latter and the former . There is , then , an inferior place to which all the heavy bodies move , in ...
... light , the third is light . The first belongs to the centre , the second to the circumference , the third to the space between the latter and the former . There is , then , an inferior place to which all the heavy bodies move , in ...
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... light from striking on it , and its colours vanish , it no longer produces any such ideas in us ; upon the return of light , it pro- duces these appearances on us again . Can any one think any real alterations are made in the porphyry ...
... light from striking on it , and its colours vanish , it no longer produces any such ideas in us ; upon the return of light , it pro- duces these appearances on us again . Can any one think any real alterations are made in the porphyry ...
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PARACELSUS THE GREAT | 3 |
GIORDANO BRUNO | 24 |
TOMMASO CAMPANELLA | 59 |
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