The Book of NatureJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 467 páginas |
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... results would be precisely the same . Nor can we possibly combine these substances in any other proportions , so as to produce oxides ; for the corpuscles of which they consist will not lay hold of or let go each other in any other ...
... results would be precisely the same . Nor can we possibly combine these substances in any other proportions , so as to produce oxides ; for the corpuscles of which they consist will not lay hold of or let go each other in any other ...
Página 42
... result of four distinct principles , -intelligence , matter , form , and privation ; which last term is little more than a mere synonyme for space or vacuum ; and thus far the theory of Aris- totle chiefly differs from that of Plato ...
... result of four distinct principles , -intelligence , matter , form , and privation ; which last term is little more than a mere synonyme for space or vacuum ; and thus far the theory of Aris- totle chiefly differs from that of Plato ...
Página 44
... result . In modern times , however , as I have already hinted at , the infinite divisibi- lity of matter has for the most part been supported upon different grounds , and philosophers have involved themselves in the same fatal ...
... result . In modern times , however , as I have already hinted at , the infinite divisibi- lity of matter has for the most part been supported upon different grounds , and philosophers have involved themselves in the same fatal ...
Página 45
... result of a combination of inextended atoms : -how can extension pro- ceed from what is inextended ? -of two diametrical opposites , how is it pos- sible that either can become the product of the other ? It is unnecessary to pursue this ...
... result of a combination of inextended atoms : -how can extension pro- ceed from what is inextended ? -of two diametrical opposites , how is it pos- sible that either can become the product of the other ? It is unnecessary to pursue this ...
Página 49
... result of such an arrangement , and not as the imme- diate superintendence of a perpetually controlling Providence . For it was the opinion of Epicurus , as well as of Aristotle , that perfect rest and tran- quillity are essential to ...
... result of such an arrangement , and not as the imme- diate superintendence of a perpetually controlling Providence . For it was the opinion of Epicurus , as well as of Aristotle , that perfect rest and tran- quillity are essential to ...
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