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" I perceived it to be possible to arrive at knowledge highly useful in life; and instead of the speculative philosophy usually taught in the schools, to discover a practical philosophy, by means of which, knowing the force and action of fire, water, air,... "
The History of Materialism and Criticism of Its Present Importance ... - Page 276
by Friedrich Albert Lange, Ernest Chester Thomas - 1879
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Expose of Communist Activities in the State of Masachusettes...: Hearings ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities - 1951 - 166 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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Medieval Technology and Social Change

Lynn White (Jr.) - History - 1964 - 228 pages
...(1637)1 in which he says that 'we can have useful knowledge by which, cognizaot of the force and actions of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens and all the other bodies which sorround us — knowing them as distinctly as we know the various erafts of the artisans —...
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The Enlightenment in France

Frederick Binkerd Artz - History - 1968 - 180 pages
...instead of the 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, the heavens, and all other bodies that environ us we can employ them in all those uses to which we are adopted, and thus...
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National Policy and Priorities for Science and Technology Act, 1975: Joint ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Special Subcommittee on the National Science Foundation - Research - 1976 - 544 pages
...bird." And Descartes said, "We can have useful knowledge by which, cognizant of the forces and actions of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens, and all the other bodies that surround us, knowing them as distinctly as we know the various crafts of the artisans, we may be able to apply them...
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Mathematics and the Search for Knowledge

Morris Kline - Mathematics - 1985 - 270 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 ... and thus render ourselves the masters and processors...
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The Critique of Scientific Reason

Kurt Hübner - Philosophy - 1983 - 300 pages
...instead of that speculative philosophy taught in the Schools, we can discover a practical one, through which, knowing the force and action of fire, water,...air, the stars, the heavens, and all the other bodies which surround us, as distinctly as we know the different skills of our artisans, we can use them in...
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Descartes: Selected Philosophical Writings

René Descartes - Philosophy - 1988 - 276 pages
...the speculative philosophy taught in the schools. Through this 61 philosophy we could know the power and action of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens and all the other bodies in our environment, as distinctly as we know the various crafts of our artisans; and we could use this...
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Selected Works

Jeremy Taylor - Religion - 1990 - 548 pages
...reverence or respect for antiquity as he set out "to arrive at a knowledge highly useful in life . . . knowing the force and action of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens, and all other bodies that surround us, as distinctly as we know the wages of our artisans: thus we render ourselves...
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A Morally Deep World: An Essay on Moral Significance and Environmental Ethics

Lawrence E. Johnson - Nature - 1993 - 316 pages
...elsewhere he expresses the hope that (Discourse on Method, p. 119): 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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The Winding Passage: Sociological Essays and Journeys

Daniel Bell - Social Science - 1991 - 408 pages
...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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