The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte, Volume 2G. Bell & sons, 1896 |
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... Direct Means 241 Observation 241 Experiment 245 Comparison 247 Comparison with inferior animals 248 Comparison of co - existing states of society Comparison of consecutive states 249 251 Promise of a fourth method of investigation 256 ...
... Direct Means 241 Observation 241 Experiment 245 Comparison 247 Comparison with inferior animals 248 Comparison of co - existing states of society Comparison of consecutive states 249 251 Promise of a fourth method of investigation 256 ...
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... direct study of the universe suggests and developes the great idea of the laws of nature , which is the basis of IL B CONTENTS BOOK BIOLOGY CHAPTER GENERAL VIEW OF BIOLOGY Opposite starting-points in philosophy Starting-point of Physiology.
... direct study of the universe suggests and developes the great idea of the laws of nature , which is the basis of IL B CONTENTS BOOK BIOLOGY CHAPTER GENERAL VIEW OF BIOLOGY Opposite starting-points in philosophy Starting-point of Physiology.
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... direct study , isolated from that of inert nature . The study has assumed a scien- tific character only since the recent period when vital phenomena began to be regarded as subject to general laws , of which they exhibit only simple ...
... direct study , isolated from that of inert nature . The study has assumed a scien- tific character only since the recent period when vital phenomena began to be regarded as subject to general laws , of which they exhibit only simple ...
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... direct and explicit indication of the two correlative conditions of a deter- minate organism and a suitable medium . This criticism however applies rather to the formula than to the con- ception ; and the conditions are implied in the ...
... direct and explicit indication of the two correlative conditions of a deter- minate organism and a suitable medium . This criticism however applies rather to the formula than to the con- ception ; and the conditions are implied in the ...
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... direct exploration and analysis of phenomena in this science . Artificial ap- paratus . First , Observation acquires a new exten- OBSERVATION . sion . Chemistry admitted the use of all the five senses ; but biology is , in this respect ...
... direct exploration and analysis of phenomena in this science . Artificial ap- paratus . First , Observation acquires a new exten- OBSERVATION . sion . Chemistry admitted the use of all the five senses ; but biology is , in this respect ...
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Page 228 - rational fiction is nearer the reality than we are accustomed to suppose ; for, in a political view, the true successors of such or such a people are certainly those who, taking up and carrying out their primitive endeavours, have prolonged their social progress, whatever may be the soil which