 | Ohio - 1888 - 448 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." Men first supposed that the earth is a flat disk, bounded by the visible horizon. The second theory... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - America - 1892 - 44 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 evidence of his senses." Time compelled the abandonment of the disc theory and the creation of a new one. Cold shut out from... | |
 | George Grote - Greece - 1899 - 530 pages
...of super/ifiat 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 hn senses.. Thus the earth on which he stands, and which has served for ages as the unshaken foundation... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1873 - 490 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... | |
 | Andrew J. Davis - Science - 1996 - 404 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... | |
 | 1834 - 788 pages
...our guidance, our support, our preservation ! " Thus," continues he, " the Earth, on which we stand, and which has served for ages as the unshaken foundation...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... | |
 | Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - Hypnotism - 1851 - 420 pages
...those of 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." — Sir John Herschel. "The opinions of men are received according to the ancient belief, and upon... | |
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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... 
