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... reasons proving the same ; and afterwards questioning them one by one , to see whether they were well pos- sessed of the ... reason and ridicule , and numerous pas- sages in his writings , tedious and obscure as they generally are , show ...
... reasons proving the same ; and afterwards questioning them one by one , to see whether they were well pos- sessed of the ... reason and ridicule , and numerous pas- sages in his writings , tedious and obscure as they generally are , show ...
Side 9
... reason ; and if you were not both blind and deaf , you would understand that I must dis- believe their absurd and contradictory assertions . " Bruno's works , though in general considered those of a visionary and madman , were in very ...
... reason ; and if you were not both blind and deaf , you would understand that I must dis- believe their absurd and contradictory assertions . " Bruno's works , though in general considered those of a visionary and madman , were in very ...
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... reason why the sun's apo- gee ( or place of greatest distance from the earth ) must always be at the north summer solstice . " In fact , it was there , or nearly so , in Roberval's time , and he knew not but that it had always been ...
... reason why the sun's apo- gee ( or place of greatest distance from the earth ) must always be at the north summer solstice . " In fact , it was there , or nearly so , in Roberval's time , and he knew not but that it had always been ...
Side 13
... reason , but the very senses , inform us that all the stars are carried round fastened to solid spheres . " What ... reasons , any one who is not obstinate may satisfy him- self that the stars cannot have any independent motion . " Some ...
... reason , but the very senses , inform us that all the stars are carried round fastened to solid spheres . " What ... reasons , any one who is not obstinate may satisfy him- self that the stars cannot have any independent motion . " Some ...
Side 14
... reason to erase them , and con- sider every step of Galileo's course as a triumph over difficulties of a like nature . We ought to be fully penetrated with this feeling before we sit down to the pe- rusal of his works , every line of ...
... reason to erase them , and con- sider every step of Galileo's course as a triumph over difficulties of a like nature . We ought to be fully penetrated with this feeling before we sit down to the pe- rusal of his works , every line of ...
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