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... prove that the atomic theory , which he preaches as zealously as if it were a new religion , is more than two thousand years old . His admiration for , and faith in , Lucretius are unbounded . He remarks , with evident satisfaction ...
... prove that the atomic theory , which he preaches as zealously as if it were a new religion , is more than two thousand years old . His admiration for , and faith in , Lucretius are unbounded . He remarks , with evident satisfaction ...
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... proved by his work on the Prophecies , and his letters on the existence of a Deity , written at the request of Dr. Bentley . A man is dis- qualified for giving a correct opinion on any particular subject by one or other of two causes ...
... proved by his work on the Prophecies , and his letters on the existence of a Deity , written at the request of Dr. Bentley . A man is dis- qualified for giving a correct opinion on any particular subject by one or other of two causes ...
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... proved by the inductive process of reasoning . It is curious and lamentable to see how Dr. Tyndall , with this bigoted belief in molecular power , seizes with avidity on any speculative remark which may have fallen from the pen of some ...
... proved by the inductive process of reasoning . It is curious and lamentable to see how Dr. Tyndall , with this bigoted belief in molecular power , seizes with avidity on any speculative remark which may have fallen from the pen of some ...
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... prove anything absolutely , and I have over and over again insisted on the small- ness of our knowledge , or rather on the depth of our ignorance , as regards the whole system of the universe . " " I admit that you can build crystalline ...
... prove anything absolutely , and I have over and over again insisted on the small- ness of our knowledge , or rather on the depth of our ignorance , as regards the whole system of the universe . " " I admit that you can build crystalline ...
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... proved by induction . The difficulties to be contended with in its present phase are , in truth , insurmountable . The chief argument in its favour , that on which so much stress is laid , is nothing more than a common fact , well known ...
... proved by induction . The difficulties to be contended with in its present phase are , in truth , insurmountable . The chief argument in its favour , that on which so much stress is laid , is nothing more than a common fact , well known ...
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Página 9 - Is there not a temptation to close to some extent with Lucretius, when he affirms that' Nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself, without the meddling of the gods'?
Página 25 - You cannot satisfy the human understanding in its demand for logical continuity between molecular processes and the phenomena of consciousness. This is a rock on which materialism must inevitably split whenever it pretends to be a complete philosophy of life.
Página 39 - organized register of infinitely numerous experiences received during the evolution of life, or rather during the evolution of that series of organisms through which the human organism has been reached.
Página 42 - Can we pause here ? We break a magnet and find two poles in each of its fragments. We continue the process of breaking, but, however small the parts, each carries with it, though enfeebled, the polarity of the whole. And when we can break no longer, we prolong the intellectual vision to the polar molecules. Are we not urged...
Página 25 - ... your dead nitrogen atoms, your dead phosphorus atoms, and all the other atoms, dead as grains of shot, of which the brain is formed. Imagine them separate and sensationless ; observe them running together and forming all imaginable combinations. This, as a purely mechanical process, is seea-ble by the mind. But can you see, or dream, or in any way imagine, how out of that mechanical act, and from these individually dead atoms, sensation, thought, and emotion are to rise...
Página 65 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further, but, when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.