 | Literature - 1911 - 856 pages
..."The man of science who, forgetting the limits of philosophical inquiry, slides from these formuke and symbols into what is commonly understood by materialism seems to me to place himself upon a level with the mathematician who should mistake the f's and i/'s with which he works his problems... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1869 - 998 pages
...the man of science, who, forgetting the limits of philosophical inquiry, slides from these formulae and symbols into what is commonly understood by materialism,...level with the mathematician, who should mistake the SB'S and y's, with which he works his problems, for real entities, — and with this further disadvantage,... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Protoplasm - 1869 - 30 pages
...man of science, who, forgetting the limits of philosophi23 cal inquiry, slides from these formulae and symbols into what is commonly understood by materialism, seems to me to plaie himself on a level with the mathematician, who should mistake the ж'.ч and y's, with which... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Evolution (Biology) - 1870 - 448 pages
...materialism, seems to me to place himself on a level with the mathematician, who should mistake the oj's and y's, with which he works his problems, for real...consequence, while the errors of systematic materialism may paralyse the energies and destroy the beauty of a life. VIII. THE SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF POSITIVISM.... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Evolution (Biology) - 1870 - 444 pages
...seems to me to place himself on a level with the mathematician, who should mistake the a;'s and tfs, with which he works his problems, for real entities...consequence, while the errors of systematic materialism may paralyse the energies and destroy the beauty of a life. VIII. THE SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF POSITIVISM.... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Life - 1870 - 56 pages
...the man of science, who, forgetting the limits of philosophical inquiry, slides from these formulas and symbols into what is commonly understood by materialism,...and y's, with which he works his problems, for real entities—and with this further disadvantage as compared with the mathematician, that the blunders... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Science - 1870 - 400 pages
...the man of science, who, forgetting the limits of philosophical inquiry, slides from these formulae and symbols into what is commonly understood by materialism,...level with the mathematician, who should mistake the cc's and y\ with which he works his problems, for real entities — ane with this further disadvantage,... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Evolution (Biology) - 1871 - 422 pages
...the man of science, who, forgetting the limits of philosophical inquiry, slides from these formulae and symbols into what is commonly understood by materialism,...consequence, while the errors of systematic materialism may paralyse the energies and destroy the beauty of a life. VIII. THE SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS. OF. POSITIVISM... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Evolution (Biology) - 1871 - 408 pages
...seems to me to place himself on a level with the mathematician, who should mistake the x's and y'i with which he works his problems, for real entities...and with this further disadvantage, as compared with thf mathematician, that the blunders of the latter are of no practical consequence, while the errors... | |
 | William George Williams - Apologetics - 1872 - 388 pages
...the further science advances, the more extensively and consistently will all the phenomena of nature be represented by materialistic formulae and symbols....with the mathematician who should mistake the x's and ys, with which he works his problems, for real entities — and with this further disadvantage, as... | |
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... x's and y's with which he works his problems, for real entities — and with this further disadvantage, as compared with the mathematician, that the blunders of the latter are of no practical consequence, while the errors of systematic materialism... 
