Studies in Science and ReligionW. F. Draper, 1882 - Всего страниц: 390 |
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... known that John is a man before he dies ? In the hands of Sir William Hamilton the reasoning of the deductive syllogism is repre- sented as merely an explication of the concept contained in the major premise . Upon this view the advance ...
... known that John is a man before he dies ? In the hands of Sir William Hamilton the reasoning of the deductive syllogism is repre- sented as merely an explication of the concept contained in the major premise . Upon this view the advance ...
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... known from the less clearly known , but the addi- tion of something entirely new . To ascertain the authority for this something entirely new which is added in inductive reasoning is the object of our present inquiry . Hamilton avers ...
... known from the less clearly known , but the addi- tion of something entirely new . To ascertain the authority for this something entirely new which is added in inductive reasoning is the object of our present inquiry . Hamilton avers ...
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... known or presumed , go such a very little way toward establishing a universal proposition ? Whoever can answer this question knows more of the philosophy of logic than the wisest of the ancients , and has solved the great problem of ...
... known or presumed , go such a very little way toward establishing a universal proposition ? Whoever can answer this question knows more of the philosophy of logic than the wisest of the ancients , and has solved the great problem of ...
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... known attributes of hardness , tenacity , and non - explosiveness . There is , however , no natural absurdity in supposing that the earth may come into such different rela- tions to the forces operating in the universe that iron shall ...
... known attributes of hardness , tenacity , and non - explosiveness . There is , however , no natural absurdity in supposing that the earth may come into such different rela- tions to the forces operating in the universe that iron shall ...
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... which furnish the light of those orbs exhibiting the whole group of phenomena that are known to be connected with the corresponding lines of light , as it is spread out on the spectrum of various IN INDUCTIVE REASONING . 21.
... which furnish the light of those orbs exhibiting the whole group of phenomena that are known to be connected with the corresponding lines of light , as it is spread out on the spectrum of various IN INDUCTIVE REASONING . 21.
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Стр. 252 - For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek : for the same Lord over all, is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
Стр. 171 - A chain composed of an infinite number of links can no more support itself than a chain composed of a finite number of links.
Стр. 40 - It is a truly wonderful fact — the wonder of which we are apt to overlook from familiarity — that all animals and all plants throughout all time and space should be related to each other in groups, subordinate to groups, in the manner which we everywhere behold...
Стр. 152 - But as my conclusions have lately been much misrepresented, and it has been stated that I attribute the modification of species exclusively to natural selection, I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction — the following words: "I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not thé exclusive means of modification.
Стр. 374 - Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and...
Стр. 188 - The cause, then, philosophically speaking, is the sum total of the conditions, positive and negative, taken together — the whole of the contingencies of every description, which, being realized, the consequent invariably follows.
Стр. 84 - So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey; And- these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum.
Стр. 151 - Several writers have misapprehended or objected to the term Natural Selection. Some have even imagined that natural selection induces variability, whereas it implies only the preservation of such variations as arise and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of life.
Стр. 161 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Стр. 151 - Strictly speaking, therefore, Mr. Darwin's theory is not a theory on the Origin of Species at all, but only a theory on the causes which lead to the relative success or failure of such new Forms as may be born into the world.