 Pythagoreans, from the contrasts which number suggests, collected ten principles — Limited and Unlimited, Odd and Even, One and Many, Right and Left, Male and Female, Rest and Motion, Straight and Curved, Light and Darkness, Good and Evil, Square and...  History of the Inductive Sciences: I. The Greek school philosophy, with ... - Side 42af William Whewell - 1847Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Connop Thirlwall - 1838 - 432 sider
...and of the ease with which it might adapt itself to the most fanciful combinations. They are : Limit and Unlimited : Odd and Even • One and Many : Right and Left : Male and Female ; Still and Moved; Straight and Curve: Light and Darkness : Good and Evil : Square and Oblong. These,... | |
 | William Whewell - 1837 - 1048 sider
...rival. It consists mainly, as may be seen in several of the dialogues, and especially in the Timseus, in the application of notions as loose as those of...by oppositions of the same kind. 4 Timseus, p. 80. " Metaph. 1. 5. The physical speculator of the present day will learn without surprise, that such a... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1843 - 654 sider
...must point at some fundamental antithesis in nature, which it is important to study. Thus Aristotle says, that the Pythagoreans, from the contrasts which...Light and Darkness, Good and Evil, Square and Oblong . . . Aristotle himself deduced the doctrine of four elements and other dogmas by oppositions of the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1843 - 648 sider
...Female, Rest and Motion, Straight and Curved, Light and Darkness, Good and Evil, Square and Oblong ... Aristotle himself deduced the doctrine of four elements...and other dogmas by oppositions of the same kind." Of the manner in which, from premisses obtained in this way, the ancients attempted to deduce laws... | |
 | 1843 - 668 sider
...for himself he characterizes them as but ten different aspects of one vague idea. They were — Limit and Unlimited : Odd and Even : One and Many : Right and Left : Male and Female : Still and Moved : Straight and Curve : Light and Darkness : Good and Evil : Square and Oblong. Following... | |
 | George Boole - 1854 - 442 sider
...ten fundamental antitheses are recognised : finite and infinite, even and odd, unity and multitude, right and left, male and female, rest and motion,...straight and curved, light and darkness, good and evil, the square and the oblong. In that of Alcmeon the same fundamental dualism is accepted, but without... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1856 - 560 sider
...must point at some fundamental antithesis in nature, which it is important to study. Thus Aristotle says, that the Pythagoreans, from the contrasts which...Light and Darkness, Good and Evil, Square and Oblong . . . Aristotle himself deduced the doctrine of four elements and other dogmas by oppositions of the... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 580 sider
...must point at some fundamental antithesis in nature, which it is important to study. Thus Aristotle8 says, that the Pythagoreans, from the contrasts which...and other dogmas, by oppositions of the same kind. The physical speculator of the present day will learn without surprise, that such a mode of discussion... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 666 sider
...must point at some fundamental antithesis in nature, which it is important to study. Thus Aristotle says, that the Pythagoreans, from the contrasts which...Light and Darkness, Good and Evil, Square and Oblong. . . . Aristotle himself deduced the doctrine of four elements and •tfher dogmas by oppositions of... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 622 sider
...must point at some fundamental antithesis in nature, which it is important to study. Thus Aristotle8 says, that the Pythagoreans, from the contrasts which...Unlimited, Odd and Even, One and Many, Right and Left, Malo and Female. Rest and Motion, Straight and Curved, Light and Darkness, Good and Evil, Square and... | |
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