| | 1 | Author: | Draper, John William, 1811-1882 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | History of the Conflict between Religion and Science / By John William Draper . . .  | | | | Published: | 1999 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Religious condition of the Greeks in the fourth century before Christ.—
Their invasion of the Persian Empire brings them in contact with
new aspects of Nature, and familiarizes them with new religious systems.—
The military, engineering, and scientific activity, stimulated by
the Macedonian campaigns, leads to the establishment in Alexandria
of an institute, the Museum, for the cultivation of knowledge by
experiment, observation, and mathematical discussion.—It is the origin
of Science. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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