| William Whewell - 1837 - 1048 páginas
...Heavens," he proves16 the world to be perfect, by reasoning of the following kind : " The bodies of which the world is composed are solids, and therefore...all; moreover, it has a beginning, a middle, and an end." " De Ccelo, i. 1. The reader will still perceive the verbal foundations of opinions thus supported.... | |
| William Whewell - 1837 - 516 páginas
...Heavens," he proves" the world to be perfect, by reasoning of the following kind : " The bodies of which the world is composed are solids, and therefore...all; moreover, it has a beginning, a middle, and an end." 18 DeCcelo, i. 1. The reader will still perceive the verbal foundations of opinions thus supported.... | |
| William Whewell - 1847 - 528 páginas
...Heavens," he proves19 the world to be perfect, by reasoning of the following kind : " The bodies of which the world is composed are solids, and therefore...of one we do not speak as a number ; of two we say loth ; but three is the first number of which we say all; moreover, it has a beginning, a middle, and... | |
| William Whewell - 1857 - 440 páginas
...the Heavens,' he proves20 the world to be perfect, by reasoning of the following kind: 'The bodies of which the world is composed are solids, and therefore have three dimensions j now three is the most perfect number; it is the first of numbers, for of one we do not speak as a... | |
| William Whewell - 1858 - 566 páginas
...Heavens," he proves20 the world to be perfect, by reasoning of the following kind : " The bodies of which the world is composed are solids, and therefore...still perceive the verbal foundations of opinions thussupported. u The simple elements must have simple motions, and thus fire and air have their natural... | |
| William Whewell - 1858 - 622 páginas
...Heavens," he proves*0 the world to be perfect, by reasoning of the following kind : " The bodies of which the world is composed are solids, and therefore...perfect number ; it is the first of numbers, for of one wo do not speak as a number ; of two we say both ; but three is the first number of which wo say all... | |
| 1871 - 660 páginas
...by Dr. Whewell : " The world is perfect because the bodies of which the world is composed are solid, and therefore have three dimensions. Now three is the most perfect number ; for of one we do not speak as a number; of two, we say both ; but three is the first number of which... | |
| Henry Varnum Poor - 1877 - 704 páginas
...to be perfect is a capital illustration of his method and its results : " The bodies," he says, " of which the world is composed, are solids, and therefore...all ; moreover, it has a beginning, a middle, and an end ! " 1 By a similar method he undertook to prove the existence of a fifth element, or essence. "Simple... | |
| Henry Varnum Poor - 1877 - 706 páginas
...to be perfect is a capital illustration of his method and its results : " The bodies," he says, " of which the world is composed, are solids, and therefore...all ; moreover, it has a beginning, a middle, and an end ! " l By a similar method he undertook to prove the existence of a fifth element, or essence. "... | |
| Sidney Lanier - 1883 - 312 páginas
...now 3 is the most perfect number ... for of I we do not speak as a number ; of 2 we say both ; but 3 is the first number of which we say all; moreover, it has a beginning, a middle and an end." You may instructively compare with this the marvelous matters which the school of Pythagoras... | |
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