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... point of view of science mankind might be compared to a single man , to a single giant whose knowledge and experience are steadily in- creasing . - In- we But then is it not clear that if we wish to tell the history of mankind — the ...
... point of view of science mankind might be compared to a single man , to a single giant whose knowledge and experience are steadily in- creasing . - In- we But then is it not clear that if we wish to tell the history of mankind — the ...
Page 64
... point of view , the history of ancient and mediæval science is at least as useful as that of modern science . He who knows only one of these histories does not really know the history of science , nor does he know the history of ...
... point of view , the history of ancient and mediæval science is at least as useful as that of modern science . He who knows only one of these histories does not really know the history of science , nor does he know the history of ...
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... point of view even in the scientific courses would oblige the more scientifically minded to consider more carefully the nonscientific aspects of life ; on the other hand the frequent ex- planations of the scientific method by men ...
... point of view even in the scientific courses would oblige the more scientifically minded to consider more carefully the nonscientific aspects of life ; on the other hand the frequent ex- planations of the scientific method by men ...
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