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Page 82
... physical speculation of antiquity . My purpose is to bring out these differences and to raise , if I cannot wholly answer , the question why they exist . First , let me indicate the limits of my subject . Other speakers are to deal with ...
... physical speculation of antiquity . My purpose is to bring out these differences and to raise , if I cannot wholly answer , the question why they exist . First , let me indicate the limits of my subject . Other speakers are to deal with ...
Page 87
... physical world should follow this brilliant example and unconsciously imitate its methods . Now geometry is not at all concerned to describe the sequence of events in time . It has no use for observation or experiment . It starts from a ...
... physical world should follow this brilliant example and unconsciously imitate its methods . Now geometry is not at all concerned to describe the sequence of events in time . It has no use for observation or experiment . It starts from a ...
Page 99
... physical equivalent is the rain , the seed of the Heaven - father which fertilises the womb of mother Earth . ( 3 ) Another physical consequence of the opening of the gap is that light is let in between the sundered parts . Accordingly ...
... physical equivalent is the rain , the seed of the Heaven - father which fertilises the womb of mother Earth . ( 3 ) Another physical consequence of the opening of the gap is that light is let in between the sundered parts . Accordingly ...
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The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 31 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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