The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 páginas |
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... degree short of that manifested by St. Thomas , is , in the opinion of him who advances that proposition , not only justifiable , but an act of duty ? and that , to a certain extent , he means to inculcate the spirit or disposition on ...
... degree short of that manifested by St. Thomas , is , in the opinion of him who advances that proposition , not only justifiable , but an act of duty ? and that , to a certain extent , he means to inculcate the spirit or disposition on ...
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... degree the qualities of the parent body , threw forth afterward at different times , by means of similar volcanoes , portions of their own substance , each of which , by the common laws of projectiles , assumed an orbicular motion ...
... degree the qualities of the parent body , threw forth afterward at different times , by means of similar volcanoes , portions of their own substance , each of which , by the common laws of projectiles , assumed an orbicular motion ...
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... degree of knowledge upon this recondite inquiry , and the means by which they are combined or separated from each other , so as to produce different kinds and orders of sensible objects . A very slight contemplation of nature is ...
... degree of knowledge upon this recondite inquiry , and the means by which they are combined or separated from each other , so as to produce different kinds and orders of sensible objects . A very slight contemplation of nature is ...
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... degree , perpetually changing and decomposing , the moment we perceive that this is not a necessary effect , dependent upon its intrinsic nature , but a beneficial power superadded to it for the mere purpose of render- ing it a more ...
... degree , perpetually changing and decomposing , the moment we perceive that this is not a necessary effect , dependent upon its intrinsic nature , but a beneficial power superadded to it for the mere purpose of render- ing it a more ...
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... degree of ingenuity and fine imagination ; especially the Peri- patetic and the Atomic , or that of Aristotle and that of Epicurus ; and we have also to trace out the relative degree of influence which each of these has exerted on the ...
... degree of ingenuity and fine imagination ; especially the Peri- patetic and the Atomic , or that of Aristotle and that of Epicurus ; and we have also to trace out the relative degree of influence which each of these has exerted on the ...
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