 | George Henry Lewes - 1845 - 258 oldal
...indeed, but not therefore unmeaning. And the next step in philosophising, necessarily, was to make those vague abstractions more clear and fixed, so that the...things which bring these abstract terms into use. The Greeks followed the verbal or notional course, and failed." * It is only by means of the above explanation... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1857 - 846 oldal
...indeed, but not therefore unmeaning. And the next step in philosophizing necessarily was to make those vague abstractions more clear and fixed, so that the...things which bring these abstract terms into use. The Greeks followed the verbal or notional course, and failed."* It is only by means of the above explanation... | |
 | William Whewell - 1858 - 622 oldal
...pressure, impetus and momentum (fyoieri). And the next step in philosophizing, necessarily was to endeavor to make these vague abstractions more clear and fixed,...things which bring these abstract terms into use. The latler, the method of real inquiry, was the way to success; but the Greeks followed the former, the... | |
 | Charles Kay Ogden, Ivor Armstrong Richards - 1927 - 400 oldal
...remained faithful to the verbal approach. There are two ways, wrote Dr Whewell, of comprehending nature, "the one by examining the words only and the thoughts...attending to the facts and things which bring these notions into being. . . . The Greeks followed the former, the verbal or notional course, and failed."... | |
 | Terrence Gordon - 1994 - 596 oldal
...remained faithful to the verbal approach. There are two ways, wrote Dr Whewell, of comprehending nature, 'the one by examining the words only and the thoughts...attending to the facts and things which bring these notions into being.... The Greeks followed the former, the verbal or notional course, and failed.'... | |
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And the next step in philosophizing necessarily was to make those vague abstractions more clear and fixed, so that the logical faculty should be able to employ them securely and coherently. But there were two ways of making this attempt; the one, by examining... 