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" ... the heavens on all sides. Now, I am really at a loss what to say of those who, when they have once gone wrong, steadily persevere in their folly, and defend one absurd opinion by another. "
Evolution and Creation - Página 18
por Herbert Junius Hardwicke - 1887 - 312 páginas
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History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the ..., Volumen1

William Whewell - 1837 - 516 páginas
...like the spokes of a wheel, while light bodies, as clouds, smoke, fire, tend from the centre towards the heavens on all sides. Now I am really at a loss...folly, and defend one absurd opinion by another." It is obvious that so long as the writer refused to admit into his thoughts the fundamental conception...
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History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the ..., Volumen1

William Whewell - 1837 - 1048 páginas
...like the spokes of a wheel, while light bodies, as clouds, smoke, fire, tend from the centre towards the heavens on all sides. Now I am really at a loss...folly, and defend one absurd opinion by another." It is obvious that so long as the writer refused to admit into his thoughts the fundamental conception...
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History of the inductive sciences from the earliest to the present ..., Volumen1

William Whewell - 1858 - 622 páginas
...like the spokes of a wheel, while light bodies, as clouds, smoke, fire, tend from the centre towards the heavens on all sides. Now I am really at a loss...folly, and defend one absurd opinion by another." It is obvious that so long as the writer refused to admit into his thoughts the fundamental conception...
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I. The Greek school philosophy, with reference to physical science. II. The ...

William Whewell - 1858 - 580 páginas
...like the spokes of a wheel, while light bodies, as clouds, smoke, fire, tend from the centre towards the heavens on all sides. Now I am really at a loss...folly, and defend one absurd opinion by another." It is obvious that so long as the writer refused to admit into his thoughts the fundamental conception...
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History of the intellectual development of Europe

John William Draper - 1863 - 680 páginas
...the earth on that side? they reply that the nature of things is such, that heavy bodies tend toward the centre like the spokes of a wheel, while light...folly, and defend one absurd opinion by another." On the question of the antipodes, St. Augustine asserts that " it is impossible there should be inhabitants...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volumen41

1892 - 986 páginas
...trees grow downward ? . . . that the rains and snow and hail fall upward toward the earth ? . . . I am at a loss what to say of those who, when they have once erred, steadily persevere in their folly, and defend one vain thing by another." But a still greater...
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History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science

John William Draper - 1875 - 418 páginas
...the earth on that side, they reply that the nature of things is such that heavy bodies tend toward the centre, like the spokes of a wheel, while light...folly, and defend one absurd opinion by another." On the question of the antipodes, St. Augustine asserts that " it is impossible there should be inhabitants...
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The English Novel and the Principle of Its Development

Sidney Lanier - 1883 - 312 páginas
...like the spokes of a wheel, while light bodies, as clouds, smoke, fire, tend from the earth towards the heavens on all sides. Now I am really at a loss...their folly and defend one absurd opinion by another." And coming on down to the eighth century, the anecdote is well known of honest Bishop Virgil of Salisbury,...
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The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525, Volumen1

Arthur James Weise - 1884 - 442 páginas
...it was put in the heart of Friar Juan Perez, guardian of that house, to befriend the centre toward the heavens on all sides. Now I am really at a loss...when they have once gone wrong, steadily persevere in iheir folly and defend one absurd opinion by another." — Div. Institutiones. lib. iii, 1 Historic...
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Essays, Old and New

Charles Tomlinson - 1887 - 204 páginas
...the earth on that side, they reply that the nature of things is such, that heavy bodies tend toward the centre like the spokes of a wheel, while light...folly, and defend one absurd opinion by another." As to the question of antipodes, St. Augustine asserts that " It is impossible there should be inhabitants...
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