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" They work most geometrically, without any knowledge of geometry ; somewhat like a child, who, by turning the handle of an organ, makes good music, without any knowledge of music. The art is not in the child, but in him who made the organ. In like manner,... "
Essays on the Active Powers of Man: By Thomas Reid, ... - Página 108
por Thomas Reid - 1788 - 493 páginas
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volumen7

1788 - 588 páginas
...who, by tinning the handle of an organ, mak*s go^ti malic, without any know ledge of nuific. . • The art is not in the child, but in him who made the...the bee, and made all things in number, weight, and nieaiure* Continuation of the fJiftorj of Boxing. Being an Extradfram a /caret Pmtt* fklet on the Science...
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The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volumen16

James Anderson - 1793 - 390 páginas
...child, but in him who made the organ. In like manner, when a bee makes his combs so geomatricallv, the geometry is not in the bee, but in that Great...the bee, and made all things in number, weight, and measure ! TO CORRESPONDENTS. The laboured apology of Speculator is received. And though the Editor...
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A Key to Physic and the Occult Sciences, Opening to Mental View the System ...

Ebenezer Sibly - 1802 - 420 páginas
...child, but in him who made the organ. In like manner, when a bee makes its comb fo geometricallyr cally, the geometry is not in the bee, but in that great...and made all things in number, weight and meafure. This places, in a moft fInking point of view the difference betwixt inftinct and rcafon. There are...
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Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind, Volumen3

Thomas Reid - 1803 - 734 páginas
...geometry ; fomewrut like a child, who, by turning the handle of an organ, • makes makes good mufic, without any knowledge of mufic. The art is not in...thofe are moft remarkable which appear in infancy j when we are ignorant of every thing neceflary to our prefervation, and therefore muft perifh, if...
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The Works of Thomas Reid ...: With Account of His Life and Writings, Volumen4

Thomas Reid - 1815 - 474 páginas
...bee makes its eombs so geometrieally, the geometry is not in the bee, but in that great Geometrieian who made the bee, and made all things in number, weight, and measure. To return to instinets in man ; those are most remarkable whieh appear in infaney, when we...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volumen12

1816 - 764 páginas
...knowledge of geometry ; fomewhat like a child, who, by turning the handle of an organ, makes good mufic without any knowledge of mufic. The art is not in...and made all things in number, weight, and meafure." On the whole, it is evident, tha: the ftrufture of a honey-comb is an effcft of inftinft which cannot...
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Henry and Acasto, a moral tale [in verse].

Brian Hill - 1816 - 128 páginas
...not in the child, but in him that made the • organ. In like manner, when u bee makes its combs so geometrically, the geometry is not in the bee, but...the bee, and made all things in number, weight, and measure," But, time severe, impatient of delay, Push'd hour on hour, bid day succeed to day, And chang'd...
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The Works of Thomas Reid; with an Account of His Life and Writings, Volumen3

Thomas Reid - 1822 - 322 páginas
...art is not in the child, but in him who made the organ. In like manner, when a bee makes its combs so geometrically, the geometry is not in the bee, but...the bee, and made all things in number, weight, and measure. To return to instincts in man ; those are most remarkable which appear in infancy, when we...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, Volumen39

1816 - 1004 páginas
...tilings. They work most geometrically without any knowledge of geonjetry. When a bee makes its combs so geometrically, the geometry is not in the bee, but...Geometrician, who made the bee, and made all things in weight and measure. But while we maintain the perfection of those works, which, in animals, are effects...
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Essay on Instinct, and Its Physical and Moral Relations

Thomas Hancock - 1824 - 578 páginas
...of the arts which they practise so skilfully ; and that the geometry is not in the Bee, but in the great Geometrician who made the Bee, and made all things in number, weight, and measure." * Now when we see that animals, by Instinct, arrive at once to perfection in their art, while...
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