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... principles . Nothing can be more grand than its simplicity and usefulness . Simple without intricacy , it seems to be the spontaneous expression of humanity , congenial to the wants of man . No other formed house can ever please me so ...
... principle ; on the contrary , they consist in a long continued advance , a series of changes , a repeated progress from one principle to another , different and often apparently contradictory . ' * The torch of science , that burns in ...
... principle of the astronomic system of Copernicus was foreshadowed by Philolaus and other disciples of the school of Pythagoras , for they considered the sun to be fixed , and attributed a motion to the earth . 6 ' All natural science ...
... principle , can only end in a practical acquaintance with in- dividual objects ; the operations of the rational faculties , on the other hand , if allowed to go on without a constant reference to external things , can lead only to empty ...
... principle , ' and matter has a ' vis inertiæ . ' In the third stage , man explains phenomena by adhering solely to these constancies of succession and coexistence ascertained inductively , and recognised as the law of Nature ...