A History of European Thought in the Nineteenth Century: Scientific thought, 2 vW. Blackwood and sons, 1907 |
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Página 336 - It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not | material, operate upon and affect ' other matter without mutual contact, as it must be, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it.
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Página 338 - ... proceeded from hence only, that he found he was not able, from experiment and observation, to give a satisfactory account of this medium, and the manner of its operation in producing the chief phenomena of nature.
Página 94 - And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it. But life did never to one man allow Time to discover worlds, and conquer too ; Nor can so short a line sufficient be To fathom the vast depths of nature's sea : The work he did we ought t...