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... laws of an immense universe . The new metaphor that proved to be useful is a Pythagorean one , expressed with conviction in relativistic cosmologies . We have already learned about its basic features : the laws of geometry are subject ...
... laws of an immense universe . The new metaphor that proved to be useful is a Pythagorean one , expressed with conviction in relativistic cosmologies . We have already learned about its basic features : the laws of geometry are subject ...
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... laws of succession and similitude.72 Additionally , he maintained that the collective series of social phenomena , in other words the course of history , is subject to general laws , which philosophy may possibly detect . With Comte ...
... laws of succession and similitude.72 Additionally , he maintained that the collective series of social phenomena , in other words the course of history , is subject to general laws , which philosophy may possibly detect . With Comte ...
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... laws of nature . There is little doubt that what has made this enterprise possible is the exactness of physical science . Since the discovery in Newton's epoch of how to separate the necessary from the contingent , physics has been ...
... laws of nature . There is little doubt that what has made this enterprise possible is the exactness of physical science . Since the discovery in Newton's epoch of how to separate the necessary from the contingent , physics has been ...
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ASCENTBY WAY OF INTRODUCTION | 3 |
PART | 9 |
Oriental Concepts of Time | 39 |
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