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He sees that a Supreme Power has been using him for unknown ends , that he
was brought into the world without his own knowledge , and is departing from it
against his own will . Whoever has made the physical and intellectual history of ...
He sees that a Supreme Power has been using him for unknown ends , that he
was brought into the world without his own knowledge , and is departing from it
against his own will . Whoever has made the physical and intellectual history of ...
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... its cochlea for pitch , its semicircular canals for quality ; when it was seen that
the air brought into the great air - passages by the descent of the diaphragm ,
calling into play atmospheric pressure , is conveyed upon physical principles into
In ...
... its cochlea for pitch , its semicircular canals for quality ; when it was seen that
the air brought into the great air - passages by the descent of the diaphragm ,
calling into play atmospheric pressure , is conveyed upon physical principles into
In ...
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... a like kind were brought into prominence by modern physiology , it obviously
became necessary to admit that animated beings do not constitute the exception
once supposed , and that organic operations are the result of physical agencies .
... a like kind were brought into prominence by modern physiology , it obviously
became necessary to admit that animated beings do not constitute the exception
once supposed , and that organic operations are the result of physical agencies .
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... such agencies remain unaltered , but if any one of these , or of a hundred other
incidents that might be mentioned , should suffer modification , in an instant the
fanciful doctrine of the immutability of species would be brought to its true value .
... such agencies remain unaltered , but if any one of these , or of a hundred other
incidents that might be mentioned , should suffer modification , in an instant the
fanciful doctrine of the immutability of species would be brought to its true value .
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... agents over the organization of man , since the originally - created type has
been brought to exhibit very different aspects in different parts of the world ,
apparently in accordance with the climate and other purely material
circumstances .
... agents over the organization of man , since the originally - created type has
been brought to exhibit very different aspects in different parts of the world ,
apparently in accordance with the climate and other purely material
circumstances .
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A HISTORY OF THE INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPE JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER M.D., LLD Vista completa - 1864 |
Términos y frases comunes
advance Alexandria altogether ancient animal appear Asia asserted attempt became become Bishop body brought carried cause centuries Christianity Church civilization condition considered continued course death determined direction divine doctrine earth effect Egypt emperor empire eternal Europe existence fact faith followed force give given gods Greek human ideas important individual influence intellectual interest Italy kind kings knowledge learning less living manner material matter means mind movement nature necessary never object offer once opinion organic origin pagan papacy passed perhaps period Persian philosophy physical political pope position present principle progress reason received regarded relations religion religious remains respects result rise Roman Rome shows social soon soul spirit successive things thought thousand tion true truth turn universe whole
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Página 201 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Página 281 - The holy Catholic and Apostolic Church anathematizes those who say that, there was a time when the Son of God was not, and that before he was begotten he was not, ' Comforter,' or,
Página 219 - He, whom the mind alone can perceive, whose essence eludes the external organs, who has no visible parts, who exists from eternity, even he, the soul of all beings, whom no being can comprehend, shone forth in person. He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed...
Página 114 - Whence also he is all similar, all eye, all ear, all brain, all arm, all power to perceive, to understand, and to act; but in a manner not at all human, in a manner not at all corporeal, in a manner utterly unknown to us. As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.
Página 54 - The fundamental tenet of the Vedanti school consisted, not in denying the existence of matter, that is, of solidity, impenetrability, and extended figure, (to deny which would be lunacy) but in correcting the popular notion of it, and in contending, that it has no essence independent of mental perception, that existence and perceptibility are convertible terms...
Página 309 - If you ask them how they defend these monstrosities ? how things do not fall away from the earth on that side ? they reply that the nature of things is such, that heavy bodies tend...
Página 375 - III, declared that his life was so shameful, so foul, so execrable, that he shuddered to describe it. He ruled like a captain of banditti rather than a prelate. The people at the last, unable to bear his adulteries, homicides, and abominations any longer, rose against him.
Página 325 - Mary, and a spirit proceeding from him. Believe therefore in God, and his apostles, and say not, There are three Gods; forbear this; it will be better for you. God is but one God. Far be it from him that he should have a son!
Página 102 - Wrongly do the Greeks suppose that aught begins or ceases to be ; for nothing comes into being or is destroyed ; but all is an aggregation or secretion of preexistent things ; so that 'all becoming' might more correctly be called ' becoming mixed,' and all corruption