 | Justin Brenan - 1839 - 236 páginas
...rather than a defect, of first principles. Many things were assumed under that character without a just title : That nature abhors a vacuum ; That bodies...circles, and with an equable motion. Such principles as these were assumed in the Peripatetic philosophy, without proof, as if they were self-evident." You... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1855 - 446 páginas
...rather than a defect of first principles. Many things were assumed under that character without a just title : That nature abhors a vacuum ; that bodies...circles, and with an equable motion. Such principles as these were assumed in the Peripatetic philosophy without proof, as if they were self-evident. Des Cartes,... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1863 - 542 páginas
...rather than a defect, of first principles. Many things were assumed under that character without a just title. That nature abhors a vacuum ; that bodies do...circles, and with an equable motion : such principles as these were assumed in the Peripatetic philosophy without proof, as if they were self-evident. Des Cartes,... | |
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Many things were assumed under that character without a just title : that nature abhors a vacuum ; that bodies do not gravitate in their proper place ; that the heavenly bodies undergo no change ; that they move in perfect circles, and with an equable... 
