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Page 14
... person's opinion , from that time they make no enlargement of the sciences themselves , but fall to the servile office of embellishing As And certain individual authors and increasing their retinue . let 14 PREFACE .
... person's opinion , from that time they make no enlargement of the sciences themselves , but fall to the servile office of embellishing As And certain individual authors and increasing their retinue . let 14 PREFACE .
Page 15
... increasing their retinue . let it not be said that the sciences have been growing gradually till they have at last reached their full stature , and so ( their course being completed ) have settled in the works of a few writers ; and ...
... increasing their retinue . let it not be said that the sciences have been growing gradually till they have at last reached their full stature , and so ( their course being completed ) have settled in the works of a few writers ; and ...
Page 18
... increase the number of errors and wanderers . In circum- stances so difficult neither the natural force of man's judgment nor even any accidental felicity offers any chance of success . No excellence of wit , no repetition of chance ...
... increase the number of errors and wanderers . In circum- stances so difficult neither the natural force of man's judgment nor even any accidental felicity offers any chance of success . No excellence of wit , no repetition of chance ...
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... increase of natural light there may arise in our minds no incredulity or darkness with regard to the divine mysteries ; but rather that the understanding being thereby purified and purged of fancies and vanity , and yet not the less ...
... increase of natural light there may arise in our minds no incredulity or darkness with regard to the divine mysteries ; but rather that the understanding being thereby purified and purged of fancies and vanity , and yet not the less ...
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... increase or progress lies in a reconstruction of the sciences . Of this reconstruction the foundation must be laid in natural history , and that of a new kind and gathered on a new principle . For it is in vain that you polish the ...
... increase or progress lies in a reconstruction of the sciences . Of this reconstruction the foundation must be laid in natural history , and that of a new kind and gathered on a new principle . For it is in vain that you polish the ...
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