| | 1 | Author: | Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943 | Add | | | Title: | A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science  | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | AN obvious distinction between the classical and
mediæval epochs may be found in the fact that
the former produced, whereas the latter failed to produce,
a few great thinkers in each generation who were
imbued with that scepticism which is the foundation
of the investigating spirit; who thought for themselves
and supplied more or less rational explanations of
observed phenomena. Could we eliminate the work
of some score or so of classical observers and thinkers,
the classical epoch would seem as much a dark age as
does the epoch that succeeded it. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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