 | William M. White - 1867 - 650 pages
...superficial and vulgar observation, ' and with what appears to every one, till he has understood ' and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive ' evidence of his senses — ' So Swedenborg would have us believe, that the spirit of the Word is as frequently a complete... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1873 - 626 pages
...those of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...swiftly on its centre, and at the same time moving onwards through space with great rapidity. The sun and the moon, which appear, to untaught eyes, round... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1873 - 662 pages
...those of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...swiftly on its centre, and at the same time moving onwards through space with great rapidity. The sun and the moon, which appear, to untaught eyes, 'round... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1873 - 486 pages
...of superficial and vulgar observations, and with what appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...foundation of the firmest structures, either of art or of nature, is divested by the astronomer of its attribute of fixity, and conceived by him as turning... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1878 - 616 pages
...those of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...swiftly on its centre, and at the same time moving onwards through space with great rapidity. The sun and the moon, which appear, to untaught eyes, round... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Anthropology - 1878 - 642 pages
...those of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...of fixity ; and conceived by him as turning swiftly ou its centre, and at the same time moving onwards through space with great rapidity. The sun and the... | |
 | George Grote - Greece - 1879 - 520 pages
...the most positive evidenca of hit senses. Thus the earth on which he stands, and which hos served fof ages as the unshaken foundation of the firmest structures either of art ot nature, is divested by the astronomer of its attribute of fixity, and con ce.ved by him as turning... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1880 - 426 pages
...of SUPERFICIAL and VULGAR OBSERVATION, and with what appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence of his senses." But harmonial philosophy sanctions the practice and propriety of appealing to inferior and external... | |
 | George Grote - Greece - 1884 - 514 pages
...theory — such precepts, collectively taken, directing appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...conceived by him as turning swiftly on its centre, at d at the same time moving onward through space with great rapidity," &c. (Sir John Herschel, Astronomy,... | |
 | George Grote - Greece - 1888 - 588 pages
...of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...turning swiftly on its centre, and at the same time movhis conclusions from the scientific teacher, and looks to the proofs alone for his guarantee. A... | |
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... senses. Thus, the earth on which he stands, and which has served for ages as the unshaken foundation of the firmest structures, either of art or nature, is divested by the astronomer of its attribute of fixity, and conceived by him as turning swiftly... 
