| Martha Ornstein Bronfenbrenner - 1928 - 330 páginas
...see that it is possible to attain knowledge which is very useful in life; and that, instead of that speculative philosophy which is taught in the Schools,...philosophy by means of which, knowing the force and action of fire, water, air, the stars, heavens and all other bodies that environ us, as distinctly... | |
| Frederick Binkerd Artz - 1968 - 180 páginas
...went on to assert, "It is possible to attain knowledge which is useful in life, and instead of the speculative philosophy which is taught in the schools...philosophy by means of which, knowing the force and action of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens, and all other bodies that environ us we can employ... | |
| Morris Kline - 1985 - 270 páginas
...see that it is possible to attain knowledge which is very useful to life, and that, instead of that speculative philosophy which is taught in the schools,...philosophy by means of which, knowing the force and action of fire, water, air, the stars, heavens and all other bodies that environ us ... and thus render... | |
| Stephen V. Monsma, Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship - 1986 - 268 páginas
...Organon. p. 42. possible to attain knowledge which is very useful in life, and that, instead of that speculative philosophy which is taught in the Schools,...practical philosophy by means of which, knowing the forces and the actions of fire, water, air, the stars, heavens and all other bodies that environ us,... | |
| Morris Kline - 1990 - 434 páginas
...the true and lawful goals of science. Descartes, in his Discourse on Method, echoed this thought : find a practical philosophy by means of which, knowing...force and the action of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens, and all other bodies that environ us, as distinctly as we know the different crafts of... | |
| Robin Attfield - 2011 - 276 páginas
...in the heedless pursuit of profit or sectional advantage. It was, however, the aim of Descartes to 'find a practical philosophy by means of which, knowing...water, air, the stars, heavens and all other bodies which environ us, as distinctly as we know the different crafts of our artisans, we can in the same... | |
| Daniel Bell - 1991 - 408 páginas
...temperament and values — the démystification, of nature. 13. As Descartes wrote, "... instead of that speculative philosophy which is taught in the schools,...philosophy ... by means of which, knowing the force and action of fire, water, air, the stars, heavens and all other bodies that environ us, as distinctly... | |
| Lawrence E. Johnson - 1993 - 316 páginas
...we cannot derive some use," and elsewhere he expresses the hope that (Discourse on Method, p. 119): we may find a practical philosophy by means of which, knowing the force and action of fire, water, air, the stars, heavens and all other bodies that environ us, as distinctly... | |
| Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, M. Richard Zinman - 1993 - 354 páginas
...knowledge which is very useful in life, and that, instead of that speculative philosophy which is found in the Schools, we may find a practical philosophy...by means of which, knowing the force and the action [NB, not the being or the nature] of fire, water, air, the stars, heaven, and all the other bodies... | |
| Michael Roemer - 1995 - 516 páginas
...lies in the greater control it offers us over our lives. Descartes says his theories were intended as (A) practical philosophy by means of which, knowing...stars, heavens and all other bodies that environ us ... we can employ them in all those uses to which they are adapted, and thus render ourselves the masters... | |
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