 As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis, ought ever to precede the method of composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions...  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 205by Dugald Stewart - 1821Full view - About this book
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...the same philosophic spirit — " As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from... | |
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