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... PHILOSOPHER , in reply to some recent Atte to vindicate Berkeley's Theory of Vision . ( Pamphlet . ) Preparing for Publication , A Second Edition of THE THEORY OF REASONING . By the Author . DISCOURSES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS ; READ BEFORE ...
... PHILOSOPHER , in reply to some recent Atte to vindicate Berkeley's Theory of Vision . ( Pamphlet . ) Preparing for Publication , A Second Edition of THE THEORY OF REASONING . By the Author . DISCOURSES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS ; READ BEFORE ...
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... philosopher has styled it a secular dial , - a dial of centuries , invented by Providence to reveal its mysteries to studious man . - — A Thus the astronomer establishes amidst the un- certainty of antiquity a chain of fixed and certain ...
... philosopher has styled it a secular dial , - a dial of centuries , invented by Providence to reveal its mysteries to studious man . - — A Thus the astronomer establishes amidst the un- certainty of antiquity a chain of fixed and certain ...
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... been so im- proved by science , that , according to the just ob- servation of an eminent philosopher , she may be almost regarded as their real parent ) have opened new worlds to the otherwise narrow vision of the human OF THE SCIENCES .
... been so im- proved by science , that , according to the just ob- servation of an eminent philosopher , she may be almost regarded as their real parent ) have opened new worlds to the otherwise narrow vision of the human OF THE SCIENCES .
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... philosopher , Arago , who , during his investigations in physical Optics , was able to determine by a fragment of Iceland spar , whether the light of the Sun proceeds from the solid body of that luminary , or from a gaseous envelope ...
... philosopher , Arago , who , during his investigations in physical Optics , was able to determine by a fragment of Iceland spar , whether the light of the Sun proceeds from the solid body of that luminary , or from a gaseous envelope ...
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... philosopher , with whom it was a favourite maxim , that as the sciences advanced , the methods of invention and discovery would par- take of their progress . And it is highly probable , that our present methods labour under defects ...
... philosopher , with whom it was a favourite maxim , that as the sciences advanced , the methods of invention and discovery would par- take of their progress . And it is highly probable , that our present methods labour under defects ...
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