Science and Culture, and Other EssaysD. Appleton, 1882 - 357 síður |
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Síða 10
... theory and prac- tice have nothing to do with one another ; and that the scientific habit of mind is an impediment , rather than an aid , in the conduct of ordinary affairs . I have used the past tense in speaking of the prac- tical men ...
... theory and prac- tice have nothing to do with one another ; and that the scientific habit of mind is an impediment , rather than an aid , in the conduct of ordinary affairs . I have used the past tense in speaking of the prac- tical men ...
Síða 15
... theory of life , based upon a clear knowledge alike of its possibilities and of its limitations . But we may agree to all this , and yet strongly dissent from the assumption that literature alone is competent to supply this knowledge ...
... theory of life , based upon a clear knowledge alike of its possibilities and of its limitations . But we may agree to all this , and yet strongly dissent from the assumption that literature alone is competent to supply this knowledge ...
Síða 18
... theory of life , and acted upon it in their dealings with education , as in all other matters . Culture meant saintliness - after the fashion of the saints of those days ; the education that led to it was , of necessity , theological ...
... theory of life , and acted upon it in their dealings with education , as in all other matters . Culture meant saintliness - after the fashion of the saints of those days ; the education that led to it was , of necessity , theological ...
Síða 21
... theory of life has long been influenced , consciously or unconsciously , by the general conceptions of the universe , which have been forced upon us by physical science . In fact , the most elementary acquaintance with the results of ...
... theory of life has long been influenced , consciously or unconsciously , by the general conceptions of the universe , which have been forced upon us by physical science . In fact , the most elementary acquaintance with the results of ...
Síða 48
... theory that the Scriptures and Aristotle taken together , the latter being limited by the former , contained all knowledge worth having ; and that the business of philosophy was to 48 UNIVERSITIES : ACTUAL AND IDEAL .
... theory that the Scriptures and Aristotle taken together , the latter being limited by the former , contained all knowledge worth having ; and that the business of philosophy was to 48 UNIVERSITIES : ACTUAL AND IDEAL .
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