| 单词 | natural philosophy |
| 例句 | Bacon, for example, who is of course familiar with the use of the word ‘evidence’ in a legal context, never employs it when discussing natural philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Thomas Sprat, writing a history of the Royal Society in 1667, repeatedly compared the reformation in natural philosophy with the earlier reformation in religion. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In these cases the first belief has the facts on its side and the second doesn’t; one version of natural philosophy established itself over its opponent through the superiority of its grasp over nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is only from the 1640s that natural philosophy becomes a crucial category, largely owing to the influence of Descartes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This suggests that it took a while for Boyle to think of the word ‘fact’ as a respectable term to be used in natural philosophy when engaging with scholastics and Cartesians. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There are two characteristic forms that natural philosophy takes in the Middle Ages: one is the commentary on Aristotle; the other is the collection of quaestiones, of problems to which there is no agreed solution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You know what a field is, in natural philosophy?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Nowhere does he acknowledge that there was such a thing as ‘natural science’; in the text he considers only natural philosophy and mathematics, not ‘physiology’, ‘physics’, etc. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Thus we are not dealing with a transformation reflected in a single pair of terms—‘natural philosophy’, which, in the nineteenth century, became ‘science’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Someone who studied natural philosophy was a ‘physiologist’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had come out from Pennsylvania three years earlier to study at McKendree College, where an uncle was professor of natural philosophy, a subject that later generations would call physics. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z One option—the one most frequently adopted—was to continue to use the terms of Latin origin: ‘natural philosophy’ and ‘natural philosopher’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Consequently, he had no interest in describing his own natural philosophy as ‘modern’, preferring to call it ‘new’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Aristotle believed that knowledge, including natural philosophy, should be fundamentally deductive in character. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z ‘But since these, astronomy and natural philosophy in general have, for so little time, been extraordinarily advanced...Natural Philosophy is therefore but young.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z At the age of twenty-two he returned to Glasgow University to take up a professorship in natural philosophy, a position he would hold for the next fifty-three years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Those of his successors in each branch of natural philosophy with whom I was acquainted appeared even to my boy’s apprehensions as tyros engaged in the same pursuit. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Second, the dominant position acquired by Aristotelian natural philosophy within the medieval universities resulted in a double inhibition on experimentation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Although styled professor of mathematics, his brief included what we would now call physics and was then called natural philosophy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The term ‘natural philosophy’ is not unproblematic for the period before 1650. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But the term ‘natural philosophy’ was unsatisfactory because it implied the new philosophy was rather like the old, that it had no practical application. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A single rug could take hundreds of hours, under the supervision of teachers who also advertised their classes in subjects like “natural philosophy” and “delineation of maps.” Antiques: Repaired China, the Potter John Bennett, Schoolgirl Rugs 2013-01-17T22:21:55Z He is, after all, a physician, and schooled in the confident theories of "natural philosophy". Book Club: Restoration by Rose Tremain 2012-10-05T21:55:08Z Instead, those who probed the mysteries of what Douglas Adams famously called “life, the universe and everything” viewed their speculations as either theology or “natural philosophy.” Review | How scientists came to be 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z In 1712, Joseph Addison assumed his readers were acquainted with the “great modern discovery, which is at present universally acknowledged by all the inquirers into natural philosophy” regarding the ideational nature of perception. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Zoe Kurland: John Tyndall was working as a professor of natural philosophy at The Royal Institution in London, publishing research in European journals. The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z There, daily Bible study shared a dense curriculum with history, geography, mathematics, natural philosophy, Greek, Latin, music and rhetoric. Overlooked No More: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Poet and Suffragist 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Over the last few centuries, the growth of knowledge has resulted in ever-increasing specialization and branching of natural philosophy into separate fields, with physics retaining the most basic facets. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The Maya possessed advanced knowledge of mathematics and natural philosophy. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z For ancient and early modern thinkers, medicine was not wholly distinct from theology or natural philosophy: an imbalance in the physical body or environment troubled the soul and vice versa. Opinion | Medical School Needs a Dose of the Humanities 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Freeman went on to teach mathematics and natural philosophy at Allegheny Institute and Mission Church in the Pittsburgh area, where be became president in 1856. Sculpture honors 1st Black president of an American college 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z Other rulers favored alchemy — an ancient branch of natural philosophy and a predecessor to chemistry — or entertained their courts with human- and animal-like mechanical objects. When science was a vital pastime of monarchs and emperors of Europe 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Figure 1.11 Over the centuries, natural philosophy has evolved into more specialized disciplines, as illustrated by the contributions of some of the greatest minds in history. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z This notion of soul, as a principle of internal motion, was influential across ancient and medieval natural philosophy. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Morris gestures toward a better one, by titling each section with a discipline in which Edison distinguished himself: each backward-marching decade is matched to botany, defense, chemistry, magnetism, light, sound, telegraphy, or natural philosophy. The Real Nature of Thomas Edison’s Genius 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z In the early nineteenth century, discoveries in ‘natural philosophy’ were becoming part of the currency of popular culture. The society that turned Cambridge into a scientific powerhouse 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Hutton saw himself as continuing Newton’s legacy, applying mathematics to natural philosophy and to real-world problems, such as navigation, cartography and engineering. Rags, riches and Royal Society rebellion 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The study of nature came to be called “natural philosophy.” College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z In addition, he investigated natural philosophy, the fields of study that eventually gave rise to science. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z This model retained its prestige during the Middle Ages as the foundation of medieval Islamic and Christian natural philosophy. More than 2,000 years of elements: a prehistory of the periodic table 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Accompanying Smith to the execution were Preston and a professor of natural philosophy named Thomas Jackson, who would later become famous as Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. ‘Unflinching’: The day John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z In England, a chair in natural philosophy was established in 1621 at Oxford, one of the universities most open to the new science. History: Science and the Reformation : Nature : Nature Research 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z From ancient times through the Renaissance, natural philosophy encompassed many fields, including astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and medicine. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Another woman sage named Gargi also participates in a celebrated dialogue with Yajnavalkya on natural philosophy and the fundamental elements and forces of the universe. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Swift not only reflected deeply on the natural philosophy of his day, but also created prescient visions of its future. In retrospect: Gulliver's Travels : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Samuel Williams, the newly appointed professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Harvard College, was eager to observe a total solar eclipse. Total Eclipse, Partial Failure: Scientific Expeditions Don't Always Go as Planned 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z He didn’t shy away from drawing conclusions that would make a mark on the world of natural philosophy. This is how science lost God: Atheism, evolution and the long road to Richard Dawkins’ latest Twitter controversy 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Until very recently in history no distinction was made between physics and natural philosophy. Physicists Are Philosophers, Too 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Particularly in Greece, the sage tradition blends into a period of natural philosophy, where ancient scientists or philosophers try to explain nature using rational methods. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z But they underestimate the power of natural philosophy, of science, to fully plumb and measure the world and render it comprehensible to reason. Two Natural Philosophers Discuss the Mind 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z But then, in Isaac Newton’s day, physics was known as “natural philosophy”. Come out, come out, wherever you are! 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z In contrast to the vague speculations of eighteenth-century natural philosophy, her 500-page book covers a tight field of hard sciences — astronomy, physics, chemistry, geography, meteorology and electromagnetism. In retrospect: On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Some scientist take the view that since what used to be called “natural philosophy” became physics, the remaining rump of philosophy has had nothing worthwhile to say. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: ‘Science is our best answer, but it takes a philosophical argument to prove that’ 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z In philosophy, the early modern era is delineated by the rapid advancement of natural philosophy, which in turn sparked the scientific revolution. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z The practitioners in a network of scientific disciplines derived from the 18th-century natural philosophy movement. 14 concepts that will be obsolete after catastrophic climate change This naturalism, as Lindberg notes, was one of the most salient features of 12th century natural philosophy. Why Limit Science To Natural Causes? And Who Said It First? 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Many coffee-table histories of science maintain that the natural philosophy of the medieval centuries constituted a scientific dead end — burrowing ever deeper into alchemy and astrology. History: A medieval multiverse 2014-03-12T18:50:34.997Z While he has no interest in Catholicism, one could point out that neither did Aristotle, and yet his teleology became a key component of Catholic natural philosophy for centuries. The Vatican And Evolution: Once More, With Caveats 2013-05-09T13:49:39Z Particularly in Greece, the sage tradition blends into a period of natural philosophy, where ancient scientists or philosophers try to explain nature using rational methods. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Yet, there is no denying his foundational importance to science, known at the time as natural philosophy, as well as to mathematics. Comedy about Isaac Newton Enlightens 2013-02-28T23:15:05.053Z In 1832 he was elected to the chair of natural philosophy in the New Jersey college at Princeton. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z And Grosseteste's thesis demonstrates how advanced natural philosophy was in the thirteenth century — it was no dark age. History: A medieval multiverse 2014-03-12T18:50:34.997Z The subject of natural philosophy had become so extensive in 1846 that Professor J. P. Nichol called attention to the necessity for special arrangements for its adequate teaching. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z Islamic philosophers published major works in metaphysics, epistemology, and natural philosophy. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z In mathematics and natural philosophy he was said to have no equal in New England. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z In laying to the account of the supernatural matters in occult natural philosophy which have a tolerable resemblance to feats of prestidigitation, they appear to a curious public to add imposture to insolence. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematicis subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.” Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Still, with such appliances, year 68 after year, students of natural philosophy had been brought together and taught as well as possible. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z Like Ibn Sina and Aristotle, his work ranged across a number of domains, from metaphysics and logic through medicine and natural philosophy. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z He filled also the chair of natural philosophy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z In such researches it is not sufficient to employ the ordinary methods of natural philosophy, which are infallible, but very limited in their action. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Primal philosophy was what we now know as metaphysics; natural philosophy meant the sciences of physics, botany, etc.; and moral philosophy denoted ethics and politics. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z The teacher of natural philosophy is really placed in a position of extraordinary difficulty. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z From what remains of the works of the Presocratics, they were primarily interested in questions of metaphysics and natural philosophy. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z He will never be that so long as Tait is in the natural philosophy chair. An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life 2012-03-21T02:00:30.747Z Galileo was familiar with a form of energy which the natural philosophy of our times investigates simultaneously with electric energy, with which it has close relations confirmed by all recent discoveries. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z In 1850 he became professor of music at the college of Bardstown, Kentucky, and soon afterwards his attainments in physical science procured his appointment as teacher of natural philosophy at the same place. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z It set forth the fact that in science there were two stages of progress—a natural history stage and a natural philosophy stage. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z Grammar, logic, rhetoric, with ecclesiastical history, and a little natural philosophy, and geography, with a great deal of practical divinity, will be enough for those who do not care to dive into languages. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z Close to the door of the natural philosophy room is a window that in my memory will ever be sacred to a janitor. An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life 2012-03-21T02:00:30.747Z Enthusiastic over his progress in natural philosophy, he happens to speak of his photogenic studies. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Either the Objective is taken as primary, and then we have to account for the supervention of the Subjective which coalesces with it, which natural philosophy supposes. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z These were the balmy days of natural philosophy in the University of Glasgow—the pre-Commissional days. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z After a brilliant career as a student, he was appointed at the age of twenty-two to the chair of natural philosophy in the academy of Geneva. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The foundation of my scepticism was laid when I learned the rudiments of natural philosophy in school. Miss Ellis's Mission 2012-02-11T03:04:04.613Z But there are others the production of which I should not know how to explain by the known principles of natural philosophy. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z But Lamarck and Humboldt and Darwin and Spencer and Haeckel and Huxley and Tyndall have done far more for natural philosophy than they have for orthodox religion. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z The class-lists of the time show that he distinguished himself highly in mathematics, natural philosophy, and classics. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z In 1804 he was chosen to give a course of lectures on natural philosophy at the Royal Institution in London, where he delivered another course in 1809-1810. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Among the studies in natural philosophy of which but little is known to the general public may be mentioned Franklin's experiments with heat at a time when a thermometer was a38 scientific curiosity. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z Modern progress in natural philosophy has taught us that the radiations that impinge on the retina represent only the smallest fraction of the totality. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Whoever believes in the miraculous must be the enemy of natural philosophy. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z The electrical discoveries of the time reacted on the other branches of natural philosophy, and in no small degree on mathematics itself. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z In 1879-80 he was professor of natural philosophy and then became professor of physics at Yale. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z It certainly is; Lady Betty had formerly given away or sold, time out of mind, for she was a thousand years old, that part of the Peterborough collection which contained natural philosophy. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Look at astronomy five hundred years ago, and physiology, and medicine, and natural philosophy, and chemistry. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Neither can I admit that "we are indebted to Christianity for natural philosophy." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z I then had an ordinary class of a hundred72 students, of whom some attended lectures in natural philosophy two hours a day, and had nothing more to do from morning till night. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z I have no time to study mechanics, natural philosophy, chemistry, technology; give me books with information as to how I am to improve my tools, my ways of working, my dwelling, its heating and lighting. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z We were both fairly wearied, for the weather was drowsy and hot, and one had little stomach for the Magnificus Professor, the more particularly when he discoursed concerning the natural philosophy of Pliny. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z There was scarcely any branch of natural philosophy that he did not grapple with, and upon which his vivid imagination and far-seeing intelligence did not throw light. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z Now it is all this side of human evolution that the German natural philosophy, especially as applied to international relations, leaves out of account. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Meanwhile he was reading not only law books but natural philosophy and other scientific subjects. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z They were conferred in consideration of his discoveries and improvements in natural philosophy. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z A school of industry, having for its object the instruction of able-bodied persons, was opened in 1856, and classes for teaching natural philosophy and political administrative science, are in process of being introduced. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z Mr. Tatum, of 43, Dorset Street, Fleet Street, advertised a course of lectures on natural philosophy, to be delivered at his residence at eight o'clock in the evenings. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z In this fundamental natural philosophy they found exactly what they needed to give their militarism full acceptance among the German people; namely, the cold, disinterested support of science, the potent aid of scientific dogma. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z In 1779 he was presented to the chair of natural philosophy at Aberdeen University. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z He extended his researches in electricity, and in other interesting subjects of natural philosophy. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z Here also the causes are known from the effects, consequently all natural philosophy rests upon hypotheses, which are often false, and must then gradually give place to more correct ones. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z This doctrine of an opposition in all things, in thought as in nature—will become more apparent if we reflect on the new and brilliant discoveries in natural philosophy. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z During this time Dalton employed his leisure in learning Latin, Greek and French, and in pursuing his studies in mathematics and natural philosophy. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z In 1737, he was sent to the university of Glasgow, where, it is said, he evinced an uncommon partiality for the study of mathematics and natural philosophy. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z The Abbé Nollet, preceptor in natural philosophy to the royal family of France, was exceedingly offended at the publication of Franklin's letters. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z Magdalen College, founded in 1448, carried the tutorial system to its logical end by endowing lectureships in theology, metaphysics, and natural philosophy. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z It will neither instruct you in mathematics, nor in natural philosophy. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z About 1750 Black went to Edinburgh University to complete his medical studies, and here he was again fortunate in finding a really scientific student occupying the chair of natural philosophy. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z He was interested in physics or natural philosophy and had become a Fellow of the Royal Society. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z The principal interest in Theophrastus' work is the description of minerals; the information given is, however, such as might be possessed by any ordinary workman, and betrays no particular abilities for natural philosophy. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z From this expression, and from all he says on the subject, we can ascertain his ignorance of that most curious and important branch of natural philosophy. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z Physical science and natural philosophy, together with some agricultural chemistry, received a prominent place on the programme. Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada 2011-10-14T02:00:23.300Z With the help of a friend, a Dissenting minister, he learned something of geometry, mathematics and natural philosophy, and also got some smattering of the Chaldee and Syriac tongues. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z Mathematics, natural philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, commerce, agriculture, legislation—the whole extent of modern civilization—date from the Reformation, and exist only in Protestant countries. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z He taught Latin in the first two years, and natural philosophy in the third. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z The next day was occupied in giving to the two hundred guests a lesson in natural philosophy, no longer symbolical and veiled, but clear and direct; it was perfectly comprehended and the spectators were convinced. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z After this course of six years, lectures are given by the professors of moral and natural philosophy. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z His conversation seems to have incited Priestley to a further study of natural philosophy. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z He established a course of lectures on natural philosophy, and opened an exhibition of wax figures, seventy in all, for the amusement of New Yorkers. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z In order to form an adequate estimate of the stride made by Galileo in natural philosophy, it would be necessary to enumerate the confused and erroneous opinions prevailing on all such subjects in his time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Yet I found these men, in this instance, possessed of more practical natural philosophy than myself. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z It has lately been done in natural philosophy, and by this means that science has advanced more in 160 years than it had done before in 2,000. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z I selected, from inclination, natural philosophy, and, in especial, physiology. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z That branch of natural philosophy, which treats of the mechanical properties of the atmosphere, or of air in general. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z He wrote and published a work of four volumes on natural philosophy. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z Just as Bacon banished religion from science, so did Shakespeare from Art; and when the former complained that the teachers of religion were against natural philosophy, they were equally against the stage. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z Higher tradition relates, that this extraordinary-personage was a monk, who, possessing a greater knowledge in natural philosophy than could at that time be generally comprehended, was reputed a sorcerer. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z While looking over the cabinet of natural philosophy, he perceived with amazement that the professor of that branch of science did not even know the names of the few instruments at his command. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The effects of heat appear to be one of the most interesting parts of natural philosophy. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z The electric theory explains and elucidates all natural philosophy and all material phenomena, and is as a scientist has well said, "the best exposition ever offered of the physics and metaphysics of the universe." The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z As a natural philosophy, our subject embraces all these. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Then he rambled to Paris, to lecture on his favourite Euclid, explaining the elements not only mathematically, but by their application to natural philosophy, like another Pythagoras. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z I know a general of the highest personal courage, who calls in the aid of natural philosophy to beguile or awe the mountaineers. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Leave female endurance to poetry, and remember that in actual life the laws of bone and muscle are as fixed as any other laws of natural philosophy, and that action is surely followed by fatigue. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z They were conferred in consideration of my improvements and discoveries in the electric branch of natural philosophy. Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z Before he was fifteen, he had read a natural philosophy twice through, as well as every other book he could lay his hands on. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z This demonstration is of as much price and worth in theology, as either the circulation of the blood in physic, or the motion of the earth in natural philosophy.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He exhibited great fondness for mechanics, and for mathematics and natural philosophy, and gave much time to experimenting, to the contriving of various kinds of apparatus, and to invention. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Abandoning the commercial profession for which he had been designed, he settled in Holland to study natural philosophy. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z They had some knowledge of geometry, natural philosophy, &c., superintended the affairs of religion and morality, and performed the office of judges. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z To cry "The All is One," and to perceive that all things are in one landscape and form a system by their juxtaposition, is the rude beginning of wisdom in natural philosophy. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The natural philosophy is of the schools, but the author’s anatomy of the brain amounted to a demonstration of the phenomenon, as it seemed to him. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z This notion, which is quite prevalent among the orientals, is an evident proof how much the symbols of religion and natural philosophy have at all times been perverted by the common people. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z He was a good scholar in geometry and history, but was especially fond of natural philosophy and chemistry. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z Chosen Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences: elected foreign member of Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts of Padua, for work in natural philosophy and politics. Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Epicurus therefore departed from the reserve of Socrates, and looked for a natural philosophy that might support his ethics. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The Earl talked politics, and Mr. Raymond discoursed very pleasantly on the principles of natural philosophy as applied to the rulers of the nation. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z The laissez-faire doctrine in commercial relations, democracy in politics, the natural philosophy and natural theology of the eighteenth century are all expressions of a belief in equality. The Super Race: An American Problem 2011-03-01T03:00:46.193Z But he found time to make experiments in natural philosophy. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z He there maintains that the Scriptures, when rightly understood, contain a complete system of natural philosophy. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z On the contrary, Epicurus, the Herbert Spencer of antiquity, was in his natural philosophy an encyclopaedia of second-hand knowledge. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Schools and Colleges, what are they?—Few yet painted, though lectures on natural philosophy are now abundant. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z He first revised the article “Optics,” and then wrote a series of articles on natural philosophy, which attracted great attention and were long highly esteemed by scientific men. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z As to natural philosophy, he had made it more a pastime than a study: he had rather read than digested the works of Aristotle himself on the subject. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z To the organization of his country he had contributed one invaluable idea, and each problem that came up in turn he conducted out of its narrow immediate importance into the perspective of a natural philosophy. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Materialism, like any system of natural philosophy, carries with it no commandments and no advice. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z There is a power at work in the universe deeper far than any of those which our poor natural philosophy can detect. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z She, too, like her distinguished predecessor in Athens, was an instructor in natural philosophy, as well as other branches of science. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z For who had more knowledge of natural philosophy, or so much, as Lord Kelvin? London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z He early evinced a strong predilection for scientific pursuits; and in 1799, after graduating as doctor of medicine, he was appointed to the chair of natural philosophy at the Andersonian Institution of Glasgow. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The nature of this mysterious force is not known, and it is not here to be discussed; since its study belongs more properly to the province of natural philosophy. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers She was instructed by her uncle, a clergyman, in Latin and French, logic, mathematics and natural philosophy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" That Hypatia was thoroughly familiar with the science of natural philosophy, as then known, there can be no doubt. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z His exertions were directed successively to the improvement of the arts, to natural philosophy, and to natural history. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History As the funds, however, were totally inadequate to the plan, it was at first commenced with only a single course of lectures on natural philosophy and chemistry. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli It had inductive science, even though it had not yet fully grasped the importance and the powers of induction; and it had laid the foundations of both mechanical and natural philosophy. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time It is an incontrovertible law of natural philosophy, that not an atom of matter can be annihilated; and it is a law as applicable to the immaterial as to the material world. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 After she had, through the assistance of excellent masters, become proficient in French and Latin, she took up the study of logic, metaphysics and natural philosophy. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Ritter, a man with a bent for natural philosophy and metaphysics, describes an instrument which was to replace the divining rod, and which he called "balancier." Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology Original in every trait of his character, eccentric in his manner, the child of bold experiment, he commenced the study of natural philosophy in the midst of candle wicks, tallow and soap. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Together with mathematical discipline and natural philosophy, the science of law became the laboratory in which minds were reared to ideal requirements. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. He had never been able to learn mathematics, had never understood a word of algebra; in many subjects he had always remained weak: natural philosophy and chemistry, for instance. Majesty A Novel Among the many inventions attributed to Hypatia, besides the planisphere and astrolabe which she designed for the use of astronomers, are several employed in the study of natural philosophy. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z He took much interest in natural philosophy, and presented various papers before the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, of which he was one of the founders and, from 1780 to 1790, the first president. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" In 1565 he read a Greek lecture in hall, took his M.A. degree the year after, and read natural philosophy in the public schools. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" M. de Vallemont has no sympathy for those credulous students of natural philosophy who have brought the science into disrepute. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day I hate the scientific woman who lectures on evolution or writes on natural philosophy. Her Royal Highness Woman After the death of Hypatia, the study of natural philosophy was almost entirely neglected for more than a thousand years. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z It would be no less desirable that a geologist should be well versed in chemistry, natural philosophy, mineralogy, zoology, comparative anatomy, botany; in short, in every science relating to organic and inorganic nature. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology At twenty-two he was made professor of natural philosophy at Glasgow, and he held this position for more than fifty years. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. Having studied literature, he afterwards devoted himself entirely to mathematics and natural philosophy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" He made himself master of the globes and orrery, and acquired a knowledge of natural philosophy, a term which then took in a wide field of science. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence In natural philosophy Campanella, closely following Telesio, advocates the experimental method and lays down heat and cold as the fundamental principles by the strife of which all life is explained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The department of science which treats of the properties of natural bodies, laws of motion, &c.; sometimes called natural philosophy and mechanical philosophy. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The birth of modern physical science on the other hand in the investigations of Bacon and Descartes obscured the metaphysical issue by the predominance of the mechanical principles of natural philosophy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Young D�llinger was first educated in the gymnasium at Wurzburg, and then began to study natural philosophy at the university in that city, where his father now held a professorship. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" It was proposed that three things should be taught in this college, viz., languages, divinity, and natural philosophy. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts Came to Canada, 1847, and appointed lecturer in chemistry and natural philosophy at the Toronto Normal School, Toronto. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History Here his knowledge of natural philosophy came to his assistance. Black Diamonds I don't care a straw for your natural philosophy. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels Nothing is more evident than that he had a taste of natural philosophy, mechanics, ancient and modern history, poetical learning, and mythology: we find him very knowing in the customs, rights, and manners of antiquity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 It appears to me, too, that Socrates did talk on natural philosophy. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Instead of new experimental information, Gilbert's major contribution to natural philosophy was that revealed in the title of his book—a new philosophy of nature, or physiology, as he called it, after the early Greeks. The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors This term, so well understood in that department of natural philosophy named optics, has been transferred to mind, in order to explain a process, supposed to be similar. Sound Mind or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect In 1715 and 1716 he had a discussion with Leibnitz relative to the principles of natural philosophy and religion, which was at length cut short by the death of his antagonist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" We all laughed in chorus at this parting salute: my brother himself condescended at last to join us; but there ended the course of lectures on natural philosophy. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Such a work, noble as may be its origin, must not refuse but court the test of natural philosophy, regarding it not as an antagonist but as its best support. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Yet this is not to deny Gilbert's services to natural philosophy. The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors He studied eloquence at Bologna, under Politian, one of the most eloquent Latinists in Europe, and while he was at Rome devoted himself to medicine and the study of natural philosophy, under Hermolaus Barbarus. Old and New London Volume I These maps will be highly useful to the meteorologist, and indeed to students of natural philosophy generally, and will suggest other and more-extended results. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Such a work, noble as may be its origin, must not refuse, but court the test of natural philosophy, regarding it not as an antagonist, but as its best support. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Inspiration did not preserve them from errors in grammar, or natural philosophy, or anything else foreign to the actual design of the Bible, which is the revelation of God, and of His will to man. The Church Handy Dictionary He also ranks high as a mathematician and student of natural philosophy. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 A fifth ventures to give his opinion on a late experiment in natural philosophy. Talkers With Illustrations It is in morals and manners what the experimental is in natural philosophy, as opposed to the dogmatical method. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature A bright, intelligent boy, whose talents lay in the line of natural philosophy and mechanics, passed with brilliant success through the Boston English High School. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 All sciences are based on induction; yet some, e.g. mathematics, and commonly also those branches of natural philosophy which have been made deductive through mathematics, are called Exact Sciences, and systems of Necessary Truth. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic His great imperfections are in natural philosophy; but he still preserves his eminence for his noble treatises of Ethics, and Politics, and Poetics, notwithstanding the imperfect state in which these have reached us. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Having laid the foundation of his mathematical studies in France, he prosecuted them further in London, where he read public lectures on natural philosophy for his support. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" He recognized the influence of natural philosophy, but insisted that the "history mechanical" was a strong support to it. History of Human Society It is the province of natural philosophy, rather than physiology, to enter minutely upon the properties of light. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) He appointed the brilliant young Humphry Davy to the professorship of chemistry, and the even more wonderful Thomas Young to that of natural philosophy. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science England, Ireland, America, Turkey, the mines of Golconda, the streets of Bagdad, thieves, travellers, governesses, natural philosophy, and fashionable life, were all laid under contribution, and brought interest and adventure to our humdrum nursery corner. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen He worked for his father, and an uncle who was a millwright, but found time to study hydrostatics, pneumatics, natural philosophy, p. 74as well as Hebrew, Greek and Latin. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time They comprise reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, physical geography, Greek history, and elements of natural philosophy and chemistry. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 He was a great supporter of so-called "natural religion" and tried to reconcile the doctrines of natural philosophy with those of traditional religion. Medical Investigation in Seventeenth Century England Papers Read at a Clark Library Seminar, October 14, 1967 This little lesson in natural philosophy ended the conversation. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras What is this dread—this fear? what old woman is there so weak as to fear these things, which you, forsooth, had you not been acquainted with natural philosophy, would stand in awe of? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero After completing his course of pharmacy, he directed his powers to the study of natural philosophy, and greatly distinguished himself in that science, of which he subsequently became University Professor. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 He held logic and metaphysics in the utmost contempt, and he scarcely attended at all to mathematics and natural philosophy, unless to turn them into ridicule. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History This first part has relatively little to do with medicine; the references are few and rather incidental, and have significance only for the light they throw on "natural philosophy" and "natural religion." Medical Investigation in Seventeenth Century England Papers Read at a Clark Library Seminar, October 14, 1967 It may be considered as superfluous, after what has been said, to observe, that no branch of natural philosophy is made a study, or a pursuit in China. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton But now, if I approved of the doctrines of Epicurus, that is to say, of Democritus, I could write of natural philosophy in as plain a style as Amafanius. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Any person, who has attended to experiments in chemistry and natural philosophy, must know, that invention can be as fully and elegantly displayed upon these subjects as upon any in the fine arts or literature. Practical Education, Volume II General terms, whether in morals or in natural philosophy, should, we apprehend, be as much as possible avoided in early education. Practical Education, Volume I There he manifested some of his powers of discernment, interior and natural philosophy, unsophistocated love, simplicity of expression, kindness of disposition, and universal sympathy and benovolence. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 9. September, 1880 The books that have been published on mathematics, astronomy, natural philosophy and several other branches of science connected with those, are not treated with more favor.” The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, June, 1880 He is said, also, to have been the first who wrote on natural philosophy. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero In every family, opportunities of this sort occur without any preparation, and such opportunities are far preferable to a formal lecture and a splendid apparatus for the first lessons in natural philosophy and chemistry. Practical Education, Volume II Among others, are professors of anatomy, surgery, midwifery, chemistry, moral philosophy, mathematics, and natural philosophy, belles lettres, and languages. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe The first is by spirits or angels; but this branch of the subject does not belong to natural philosophy. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force He then began the study of physics, mathematics, astronomy, natural philosophy, etc. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life He has in natural philosophy said nothing but what is borrowed from others, and even then nothing which you approved of. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Ethology stands to Psychology in a relation very similar to that in which the various branches of natural philosophy stand to mechanics. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature I occupied myself now, in expanding my knowledge of natural philosophy, and for practice, geologically examined the neighboring mountains. Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. The phenomenon in mechanics and natural philosophy, which is popularly termed "Suction," may be exhibited in a thousand different ways, and yet all are the result of but one cause. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education But we will discuss natural philosophy hereafter, and, indeed, we will do so that you, who said a little while ago that I should speak of it, may appear not to have spoken falsely. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Well acquainted with the first principles of natural philosophy, he had considerable advantages over his contemporaries; and his superiority was soon acknowledged. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease When the Royal Institution was first established, Dr. Young lectured on natural philosophy. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville Several years ago a teacher had the charge of a class in natural philosophy. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes The practicability and the importance of teaching children to apply the same valuable principle to every branch and portion of natural philosophy were also ascertained. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education In the first place, said I, he is utterly wrong in natural philosophy, which is his principal boast. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero About this time also, he formed the idea of going to America, where he thought he might live both honourably and profitably as a teacher of chemistry and natural philosophy. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease An essay of transmigration, in defence of Pythagoras: or, A discourse of natural philosophy. The Library of William Congreve In this system, ethics become a branch of natural philosophy. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The methods by which natural philosophy ought to be taught in schools, must partake of all the laws which Nature employs in the several parts of her teaching. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education It appears to me that they who speak so positively about those questions of natural philosophy, do not reflect that they are depriving themselves of the authority of those ideas which appear more clear. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero The cultivation of science, as of chemistry, natural philosophy, natural history, which supplies an inexhaustible source of pleasurable novelty, and relieves ennui by the exertions it occasions. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Isaac Milner, senior wrangler in 1774, afterwards held the professorships of mathematics and natural philosophy, and was famous as a sort of ecclesiastical Dr. Johnson. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. "The firm foundations of a purer natural philosophy are laid in natural history." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" In teaching the sciences, particularly the science of natural philosophy, this method of employing the principle of analysis has been found equally successful. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education To natural philosophy he attributed a great deal of importance. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero IN olden times men of science, and especially those who have done most to forward the growth of natural philosophy, did not despise manual work and handicraft. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature In natural philosophy, he declares causation means only conjunction. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Speculative or theoretical natural philosophy has to deal with natural substances and qualities and is subdivided into physics and metaphysics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" In every branch of natural philosophy, there are great leading principles already established. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education You know our system of natural philosophy, which depends upon the two principles, the efficient cause, and the subject matter out of which the efficient cause forms and produces what it does produce. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero We had a little natural philosophy, gentlemen, as well as theology, in Florence, once upon a time. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving French, English, geography, natural philosophy, mathematics, drawing, and music are likewise taught in this college. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests He occupied the post of professor of natural philosophy and chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania in 1828-1841 and in 1842-1843. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" It bears below an inscription by Domat’s son—“Portrait de M. Pascal fait par mon père”—and is supposed to represent him in his earlier years, when he studied natural philosophy along with his friend. Pascal In his natural philosophy he embraced the atomic theories of Democritus and Diagoras, carrying them even further than they themselves had done, to such a degree that he drew upon himself the reproach of Atheism. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Dr. Winstock was the instructor in natural philosophy and chemistry, as well as surgeon and sanitary director. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Study.—Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.—Bacon. Pearls of Thought To discover exactly the characteristics and the object of natural philosophy it is necessary to examine the place it holds in the general scheme furnished in the Advancement or De Augmentis. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" In order to find men with whom he might measure himself, he began to write on the history of Art, and to devote himself to natural philosophy. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities In natural philosophy he abandoned the Stoic doctrine of the conflagration of the world; endeavoured to simplify the division of the faculties of the soul; and doubted the reality of the science of divination. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero If by our old principle of continuity we change the words ‘bodies’ into ‘States’ or ‘individuals,’ we shall see that the same laws hold good in social science as in natural philosophy. The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion. About this time he established a debating society, or club of persons of his own age, for the discussion of subjects connected with morals, politics, and natural philosophy. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History ‘I can do a translation in half the time she takes, and have got far beyond her in all kinds of natural philosophy!’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Sometimes he is classed with the Italian school of natural philosophy, sometimes he is contrasted with Jacob Boehme. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities Especially I had a great passion for history, biography, geography, natural philosophy, and the like, and I let nothing escape me that the country afforded. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings They bring together a vast number of points of great interest in natural philosophy, and some very curious reasoning on both sides, and leave the matter pretty much where it was. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 I have heard him deliver lectures on a great variety of scientific subjects,—on political economy, theology, and natural philosophy. Buchanan's Journal of Man, March 1887 Volume 1, Number 2 Nor that of the following:— Henry Daniel, a Dominican friar, said to be well skilled in the natural philosophy and physic of his time, left a manuscript inscribed Aaron Danielis. On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions Two years later he became professor of natural philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science He taught algebra, geometry, natural philosophy, geography, logic, and metaphysics. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 The chair of mathematics and natural philosophy was filled in 1828 by the election of the Rev. Horatio Potter, now the venerable Bishop of New York. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 The register of the first is called history, natural or civil; that of the second is contained in books of philosophy, in corresponding groups—natural philosophy, and civil philosophy, or politics. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics The science of mechanics is a portion of natural philosophy, though at present so large as to need the exclusive attention of him who would cultivate it profoundly. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 There is no better door by which you can enter into the study of natural philosophy than by considering the physical phenomena of a candle. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science The work called "The Aphorisms," which was probably written in the old age of Hippocrates, consists of more than four hundred short pithy sentences, setting forth the principles of medicine, physiology, and natural philosophy. Fathers of Biology On the departure of An-Natili, Avicenna applied himself to the study of natural philosophy, divinity, and other sciences. Mystics and Saints of Islam Two years later he was called to the chair of natural philosophy at Princeton University, where he continued his investigations, many of which have been of permanent value to science. American Men of Mind I might readily entertain you on the present occasion with an account of what natural philosophy has accomplished. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 And here I cannot but remark, Eusebius, what dull things their songs must have been on natural philosophy, sun, moon, and stars—songs, Virgil tells you, edited by the old Astronomer-general Atlas. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 At that time Jeremiah Day was teacher of natural philosophy at Yale, and Prof. Silliman, of chemistry, and to these men young Morse owed much of his later achievement. Ten Boys from History The Holy Spirit did not mean to teach natural philosophy: this they know beforehand; or else they infer it from finding that the earth does move, and the Bible says it does not. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I This is but a mild example of the "unnatural natural philosophy" which Euphues has made famous. John Lyly In mathematics I soon, out of school, passed to the study of algebra, geometry, natural philosophy, etc. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 He's never 'Major Jackson' except when he's trying to teach natural philosophy. The Long Roll He was a good kind man, who also, like Jacob, gave us lectures on natural philosophy and chemistry. Memoirs “Miss Hanson has studied natural philosophy,” said a young lady, sneeringly, being one of those who sought Miss Holdup’s acquaintance. The Barbadoes Girl A Tale for Young People His blunders in geography and natural philosophy may be added, as far as they arise from the desire of describing wonders, etc. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity Why may not the structure of the human body, and the laws of health deduced therefrom, be as well taught as the laws of natural philosophy? A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School I was the first who gave a new hint on this important part of natural philosophy, in 1785. The Art of Making Whiskey So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain He formed it among his "ingenious acquaintance" for the discussion of "queries on any point of morals, politics, or natural philosophy." Benjamin Franklin In the time of Augustus natural philosophy made little progress, and Virgil strongly desired its advancement. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine In the Colleges they will be joined in studying mathematics, natural philosophy, engineering, chemistry, the principles of reasoning, the constitution of man. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry The scientific part is, however, the foundation on which Haeckel builds up his natural philosophy, and which he uses as the starting point of his criticism of theology. At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers I offer them the more willingly to the public, as they are founded upon the most approved principles of natural philosophy: by reflecting upon them, distillers will be easily convinced of it. The Art of Making Whiskey So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain A learned French abbé, "preceptor in natural philosophy to the royal family, and an able experimenter," at first controverted his discoveries and even questioned his existence. Benjamin Franklin Consequently, Nicholas in his youth was allowed to indulge in manly exercises and sports, while special tutors taught him mathematics, natural philosophy, history, political economy, English, French, and German, besides his native language. The Story of Russia Fortunately his preliminary home training had been careful, and he left the academy the first in his class in mathematics, natural philosophy, and Latin translation. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII In short, this is not natural science but natural philosophy; it forms no constituent part of our certain knowledge of nature but it is one aspect of our world-view. At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers In this form the 'natural philosophy' of Babylonia survived to a late period. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria What has made him adopt this strange unphilosophical notion I cannot tell, unless it be the fear that his study of natural philosophy should make him suspected of Atheism, or at least of Materialism. Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws Well, I suppose this subject of bellows would come under the heading of pneumatics in natural philosophy. The Drone A Play in Three Acts While in college Mr. Morse had paid special attention to chemistry and natural philosophy; but his love of art seemed to be the stronger; later, however, these sciences became a dominant pursuit with him. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail A contemporary of Newton, he made himself capable of understanding the discoveries of that great man, and of following the Transactions of the Royal Society in mathematics, astronomy, and natural philosophy. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money It was Tom and I who made Latin noisy, aggravated at times by pranks from Halstead, whose studies in natural philosophy were by no means diligent. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's For it is certain that there is at present a prejudice among the English clergy that natural philosophy has a tendency to make men Atheists or Materialists. Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws After five years he returned to Leiden, where he accepted the chair of logic and moral philosophy, and afterwards that of natural philosophy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" He early manifested a taste for mathematics and mechanics, studied botany, chemistry, mineralogy, natural philosophy, and at fourteen constructed an electrical machine. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Beneath these sentences, there lies hidden, ethical and natural philosophy, and I leave it to be searched for, meditated upon and understood, by whosoever will and can. The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the Second An Ethical Poem Histories make men wise, poets witty, the mathematics subtle, natural philosophy deep, moral grave, logic and rhetoric able to contend: Abeunt studia in mores. A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools One reader looks for simply dramatic interest, another for natural philosophy, and a third for morals, and each is more than satisfied with the treatment of his own special subject. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries Towards the close of his life Burney was paid �1000 for contributing to Rees's Cyclopaedia all the musical articles not belonging to the department of natural philosophy and mathematics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" On this stage, parallel with dogma and inwardly united with it, stands a definite psychology, metaphysic and natural philosophy, as well as a view of history of a definite type. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) But her studies took a wide range in mathematics, in natural philosophy, in psychology, in theology, as well as in ancient and modern literature. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 This natural philosophy conveys to us no knowledge of God, and the little it does reveal appears opposed to religion. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology The field and scope of natural philosophy have been greatly enlarged, and its accomplishments are most praiseworthy, for it has served humanity. The Promulgation of Universal Peace The Englishman was ignorant of geometry: the Florentine revived that science, excelled in it, and was the first that applied it, together with experiment, to natural philosophy. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. Many theories in natural philosophy have been exploded by the proof of their absurdity, and the correct explanations are accepted on trust by the multitudes incompetent to master their logical and mathematical grounds. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life And by lectures—in botany, geology, zoology, comparative anatomy, and natural philosophy. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions He was especially learned in natural philosophy, mathematics, geometry, and optics, having lectured before the King on various occasions. The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry Again, according to natural philosophy it is an assured fact that single or simple elements are indestructible. The Promulgation of Universal Peace All the efforts of the great Bacon could not procure an establishment for the cultivation of natural philosophy: even to this day, no society has been instituted for the polishing and fixing of our language. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. For grammar the statutable amount was eightpence, for natural philosophy fourpence, and for logic threepence per term, and it was usual to reckon four terms to the year. The Customs of Old England The first effect of what used to be called natural philosophy is to fill its devotee with wonder at the marvels of God. Damn! A Book of Calumny I mean to teach you mineralogy and chemistry, natural philosophy and history, astronomy and geology, botany and geometry. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside Information was desired on all sorts of abstruse and absurd points—some scriptural, others referring to natural philosophy, or to matters of social interest. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 For natural philosophy everything perceived is in nature. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 The making, the repairing and the manipulation of machinery calls for a knowledge of natural philosophy and higher mathematics. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro I read Wesley's publication on Natural Philosophy, and I gave more or less attention to every work on science and natural philosophy that came in my way. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story It is the objection of the sentimentalist; and, ridiculous as the mode of discussion appears when applied to the laws of natural philosophy, the sociologist is constantly met by objections of just that character. What Social Classes Owe to Each Other They have all contrived to be deceived about natural philosophy; but natural philosophy is so little necessary for the conduct of life, that the philosophers had no need of it. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary It is for natural philosophy to analyse how these various elements of nature are connected. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 Yes, yes; I believe you understand natural philosophy very well, wife; I doubt not the flesh has got the better of the spirit in you. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Yes," replied Alice, who had studied natural philosophy at school, "they are the breathing holes of the fishes. Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way A. By frequent observations and the experiments made in natural philosophy, which have decided to a certainty that nature gives a perfection to all things, if she has time to complete her operations. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge Rare in natural philosophy is the opposite of dense. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary A classification of natural entities is the beginning of natural philosophy. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 He subsequently visited Athens, where he enjoyed the friendship of Theophrastus, and devoted himself to history and natural philosophy. On the Sublime The first principles of natural philosophy or general physics p. 173ought not to be entirely unknown to the chemist. Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher The accuracy or the hollowness of M. Bergson's doctrine, according as we take it for literary psychology or for natural philosophy, will appear clearly in the following instance. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion Natural history, improperly called history, is an essential part of natural philosophy. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary This lack of reciprocity in the relations between sense-objects and physical objects is fatal to the scholastic natural philosophy. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 Into the theory of the development of these bands I am unable to enter; that is a subject on which your professor of natural philosophy is best able to speak. Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 These examples will serve to illustrate what we mean by relative action, when applied to natural philosophy or the construction of language. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. Hence a student cannot comprehend chemistry without natural philosophy, nor biology without both. Practical Essays But as no kind of bile is formed in the spleen, Descartes, by speaking thus, does not seem to merit too much that his natural philosophy should be envied. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary The modern natural philosophy is shot through and through with the fallacy of bifurcation which is discussed in the second chapter of this work. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 Thus even in natural philosophy we explain up to a certain point sundry perceptible qualities, but in an imperfect manner, for we do not comprehend them. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil We may be sure that such an investigator showing in his method a prodigious scientific progress was on the line so successfully followed by modern natural philosophy. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 According to the notions of scientific order and completeness in the present day, a full course of the primary sciences would comprise mathematics, natural philosophy, chemistry, physiology or biology, and mental philosophy. Practical Essays But let us remark that the Epicureans relied on an entirely erroneous natural philosophy, and that the metaphysical system of all the other philosophers holds good with all the systems of natural philosophy. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary It embodies concepts which any theory of natural philosophy must retain and in some sense must explain. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 Franklin's studies in natural philosophy are characterized by remarkable directness, patience, and inventiveness, absolute candor in seeking the truth, and a powerful scientific imagination. Four American Leaders Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral philosophy, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader My favorite studies were natural philosophy, logic, and moral science. Retrospection and Introspection If they had limited themselves to their empty systems of natural philosophy, their names would be pronounced to-day in mockery only. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary The theory satisfies the true purpose of an intellectual explanation in the sphere of natural philosophy. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 Histories make men wise, poets witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep, moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend. Familiar Quotations These two parts of Locke's natural philosophy, however, are not in perfect equilibrium. Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy Five Essays He seems to show that Lokâyata meant originally natural philosophy as a part of a Brahman's education and only gradually acquired a bad meaning. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Her letters are very clever and make me laugh exceedingly, but I am sorry she has such a detestation of Mrs. Marcet and natural philosophy. Records of a Girlhood In these lectures we have been scrutinising the foundations of natural philosophy. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 While I received much benefit from the lectures on natural history at the university, I could not fall in with the views held there as to fixed forms—crystallography, mineralogy, and natural philosophy. Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore. "Aside from the books I have mentioned, at my father's request, I studied history, geography, natural philosophy, and finally ancient mythology." The Home in the Valley Out of which several inquiries there do arise three knowledges: divine philosophy, natural philosophy, and human philosophy or humanity. The Art of Public Speaking You see what excellent dispositions I have to be an useful member of society: I had always a strong biass to the study of natural philosophy. The History of Emily Montague The object of the present volume and of its predecessor is to lay the basis of a natural philosophy which is the necessary presupposition of a reorganised specu lative physics. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 They also cultivated in this monastery the study of natural philosophy and astronomy. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) He closed the cistern with a groan, and got out his new book on natural philosophy. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated This did not prevent his perfecting himself in German, Polish, natural philosophy, mechanics, and even strategics. The Haskalah Movement in Russia The abundance of old books in existence shows that Germany had many learned men in the past; who have left carefully written manuscripts on oratory, poetry, natural philosophy, theology and all kinds of erudition. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London My argument is that this dragging in of the mind as making additions of its own to the thing posited for knowledge by sense-awareness is merely a way of shirking the problem of natural philosophy. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 However, the works of the great masters of the ancient science still remained; but in natural philosophy the worst was the most fashionable. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) All day long, if left to himself, he was either absorbed in thought, or engaged in some book of mathematics, or natural philosophy. True Stories of History and Biography It is the same with the conclusions of natural philosophy, when well proved by experiment, however unaccountable for awhile may be the discrepancy with apparently opposing phenomena. Reason and Faith; Their Claims and Conflicts From The Edinburgh Review, October 1849, Volume 90, No. CLXXXII. (Pages 293-356) He exhibited an early fondness for art as well as studies of a scientific character, and while a student at Yale displayed an especial aptness for chemistry and natural philosophy. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made To do so is a confession that it has failed to express relations between things perceptively known, namely to express those natural relations whose expression is natural philosophy. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 He also gave them a popular work on natural philosophy—not a translation—together with a more extended work on mathematical physics. The Awakening of China This learned man had acquired great knowledge in natural philosophy, in astronomy, and whatever sciences depend upon mathematical skill. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) With regard to natural philosophy, Quintilian has a sentiment so truly sublime, that to omit it in this place would look like insensibility. A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements A class in natural philosophy, not very well prepared, was stumbling through the theory of the tides. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made In natural philosophy, where to explain means to discover origins, transmutations, and laws, mechanism is explanation itself. The Life of Reason He continued his studies, giving much of his time to experiments in natural philosophy and physical science. Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 English grammar, natural philosophy, arithmetic, and algebra—these were the principal studies to which James devoted himself, and they opened to him new fields of thought. From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield As he supposed; but there are truths connected with natural philosophy which he dreamed not of. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood It was by a contradiction that the first Greek philosophers affirmed immortality, by abandoning natural philosophy and intruding into theology, by formulating not an Apollonian but a Dionysiac and Orphic dogma. Tragic Sense Of Life In recent times, the mathematical portion of natural philosophy has been most remarkably and admirably enlarged. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 There is no better, there is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of natural philosophy, than by considering the physical phenomena of a candle. The Chemical History of a Candle Besides these he wrote on different subjects of natural philosophy; and translated a selection from the Epistles of Horace, and Fontenelle's work on the plurality of worlds. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations By attending the lectures and reading the books in the library, he acquired some knowledge of chemistry, of the principles of mechanics, and of natural philosophy. Thrift The transmutation of metals was part and parcel of a system of natural philosophy. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry It may even be doubted if such a victory could ever be achieved in the field of natural philosophy. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 In mathematics, mechanics, natural philosophy, in literature, taste, and politics the sentiments of great men of great genius are certainly of weight. Answer to Dr. Priestley's Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever Perikles also attended the lectures of Zeno, of Elea, on natural philosophy, in which that philosopher followed the method of Parmenides. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I At the same time he was perfecting his own education—learning French, German, mathematics, and the principles of natural philosophy. Thrift Taking a single department of natural philosophy as my subject, I propose, by means of it, to illustrate the growth of scientific knowledge under the guidance of experiment. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 Bacon could no more have written the plays than Shakespeare could have prophesied the triumphs of natural philosophy. Bacon According to her simple natural philosophy, that was a certain sign that through the parrot's instrumentality Tu-Kila-Kila's life would be forfeited to the great eternal earth-spirit. The Great Taboo The adherents of the Western Philosophy indeed study carefully the outward appearances, but they have no right to steal the honored name of natural philosophy. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Piety in him went hand in hand with a natural philosophy like Bacon's, and his interest in Nature was rather a matter of intellect than feeling. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times He devoted himself to the study of natural philosophy, and became in all its departments a master. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 They had seen, as he saw, the futility of all attempts at natural philosophy by mere thinking and arguing, without coming into contact with the contradictions or corrections or verifications of experience. Bacon The history of arts is of great use towards natural philosophy such as shall be operative to the benefit of man's life. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Button's journal was never published: it is said, however, to have contained some important observations on the tides, and other objects of natural philosophy. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson Sir Francis Bacon observes in his natural philosophy, that our taste is never better pleased than with those things which at first create a disgust in it. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant That is something like a vision of the vital change in the whole trend of natural philosophy in the last twenty or thirty years. The New Jerusalem His companions were, among others, the professors of natural philosophy and of mathematics in the university. Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 But natural prudence, or the operative part of natural philosophy, is very deficient. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy On his return to England he devoted himself to the study of science, especially natural philosophy and chemistry. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature The laws of natural philosophy, indeed, are tolerably understood and attended to; and though we may suffer inconveniences, we are seldom disappointed in consequence of them. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Antonyms: unnatural, acquired, affected, simulated. naturalization, n. denization. naturalize, v. familiarize, accustom, habituate, acclimatize, adapt, acclimate. natural philosophy. physics. nature, n. creation, universe, cosmos, world; kind, sort, character, quality, species; disposition, mood, temper, essence, constitution. Putnam's Word Book Contemporaneous with this sudden apparition of new fields of scientific discovery and enlargement of the old was an intellectual movement of a more general character than that necessarily involved in the progress of natural philosophy. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 The book of Job is pregnant with natural philosophy. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Mr. Dale inquired what "light books" he was taking to Oxford: "Saussure, Humboldt, and other works on natural philosophy and geology," he answered. The Life of John Ruskin Burnet, speaking of the first formation of the Royal Society:—Many physicians, and other ingenious men went into the society for natural philosophy. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings First, I was greatly taken with natural philosophy; which, while I should have given my mind to logic, employed me incessantly. Burke In Germany, for instance, a knowledge of natural philosophy, languages and history is insisted on. The "Goldfish" Of natural philosophy there are two parts, the inquisition of causes and the production of effects; speculative and operative; natural science and natural prudence. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy There are also professors of mathematics, natural philosophy, history, ancient and modern languages, logic, &c. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 323, July 19, 1828 The effect of compression upon compound substances, submitted to increased degrees of heat, is not a matter of supposition, it is an established principle in natural philosophy. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) For fifteen or twenty minutes both young men read on, trying to fasten something of natural philosophy in their minds. Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor The very necessity man has to labour for his subsistence, brings him into a practical acquaintance with the material world, which induces observation, and conducts towards a natural philosophy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 Two of the other tutors, M. Gottofrey, one of the professors of philosophy, and M. Pinault, professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, were in every respect a contrast to M. Gosselin. Recollections of My Youth It is said that in the heart of the tempest there is calm, and this great truth of natural philosophy Mr. Tubbs exemplified. Spanish Doubloons We find this earth composed of known things; it is therefore the operations, required in these compositions, which form the natural philosophy of this earth, considered as a body of solid land. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) Then he turned back to his desk and to the neglected chapter on "Sound" in natural philosophy. Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point Standing Firm for Flag and Honor He invented all these and many other curiosities, too long to relate, without the aid of the black art; but by natural philosophy alone, if we may believe the tongues whose eyes saw it. Notes and Queries, Number 31, June 1, 1850 Descartes would be delighted if he could read some trivial work on natural philosophy and cosmography written in the present day. Recollections of My Youth Then how quaint the answer of old Mrs. Robison, widow of the eminent professor of natural philosophy, and who entertained an inveterate dislike to everything which she thought savoured of cant. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Jeremiah Day was then professor of natural philosophy at Yale, and was probably America's ablest teacher of the subject. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty He was not very quick of acquisition, but his perseverance was indomitable and he soon had an excellent knowledge of Latin and a fair acquaintance with algebra, natural philosophy, and botany. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 1: James A. Garfield In 1566 he became a Master of Arts, took to the study of natural philosophy, and three years later was Junior Proctor. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays The students will be instructed in English, Latin, Greek, logic, rhetoric, history, geography, natural philosophy, and astronomy. The History of University Education in Maryland He was educated at Cambridge, became professor of natural philosophy in Glasgow University in 1846, and celebrated the jubilee of his appointment in 1896. The Glories of Ireland When he was but twenty-two years of age he was made professor of natural philosophy at the University of Glasgow. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty He held logic and metaphysics in the utmost contempt; and he scarce considered mathematics, and natural philosophy, unless to turn them into ridicule. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. It seems to me that your chief concern is with history, natural philosophy, logic, and divinity. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters By his eighteenth year he had acquired the rudiments of botany, anatomy, and physiology, the simpler mathematics, metaphysics, natural philosophy, and chemistry. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13 — Index to Volume 13 In chemistry and natural philosophy, we can not only observe what happens under all the combinations of circumstances which nature brings together, but we may also try an indefinite number of new combinations. Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy Mathematical principles of natural philosophy and System of the world. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1962 January - June He studied medicine and natural philosophy when very young, and under promising patronage. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 561, August 11, 1832 The study of physical science, or "natural philosophy" as it was called, became popular. Collections and Recollections I closed not my eyes that night; and from this time natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, became nearly my sole occupation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction The science of mechanics, a branch of natural philosophy, lays down the laws of motion, and the properties of what are called the mechanical powers. Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy Mathematical principles of natural philosophy and System of the world. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1962 January - June She had learned no foreign tongue, neither history, nor geography, nor natural philosophy, nor any other of those branches now imparted to those of her sex in their schools. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 I have attempted," he says in a striking passage, "with great diligence, to attain certainty as to what is needful to be known concerning the processes of alchemy and natural philosophy and medicine.... The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 A beautiful, unsophisticated girl, whose accomplished tutor instructs her in belles lettres, natural philosophy, religion and love. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Some writers apply themselves to studies boundless and inexhaustible, as experiments in natural philosophy. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II Mathematical principles of natural philosophy and System of the world. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1962 January - June Making notes and comparing them with others, after a long walk, is another matter; but to walk out into the country to read a book on natural philosophy is not indicative of a susceptible mind. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 363, March 28, 1829 They have no idea of natural philosophy, nor of the knowledge and physiology of the air, or how to change and destroy its bad qualities in close and confined places. Travels through the Empire of Morocco Comparative anatomy has not as yet been sufficiently improved; neither have the observations of natural philosophy been sufficiently ascertained, to establish upon such foundations the basis of a solid system. A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind Afterwards, while living at Lake Dunmore, in Addison County, Vermont, he revised and systematized the study under the teaching of Professor Hall, of Middlebury College, to which he added chemistry, natural philosophy and medicine. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Either of these suppositions would be the death of natural philosophy: the hylozoist endows matter with a property which conflicts with its nature, and the theist oversteps the boundary of possible experience. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time And of this kind are all those questions in which, as in obscure subjects or those which turn on natural philosophy, the causes and principles of things are explained. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 No, replies the rationalist, it is simply the effort of the human mind to frame a Theory of Things; at first, religion is an early system of natural philosophy; later it becomes moral philosophy. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent After that he entered the University, and devoted himself to natural philosophy. Heroes of the Telegraph He also studied geography, natural history, and natural philosophy, and obtained a considerable acquaintance with general knowledge. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Hence natural philosophy, astronomy, and theology are the pillars of anthropology, and ultimately of medicine. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time I learned, that on the road between Pau and Toulouse, there resided a monk, who was very skilful in all matters of natural philosophy. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Those of his successors in each branch of natural philosophy with whom I was acquainted appeared even to my boy's apprehensions as tyros engaged in the same pursuit. Frankenstein He distinguished himself so much in his classes, and by original work, that after taking his degree of Doctor and becoming a Privat-Docent he was appointed Professor Extraordinary of natural philosophy at Halle. Heroes of the Telegraph The child consults his father as an oracle; to him he proposes all his little questions; from him he learns his natural philosophy, his morals, his rules of conduct, his religion, and his creed. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author Hence all natural philosophy together is not worth an hour's toil. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time That blind professor had prepared several lectures on natural philosophy for the use of his students, though they were not intended for publication. Men of Invention and Industry From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation. Frankenstein During his curriculum he attended the lectures of Professor Jeremiah Day on natural philosophy and Professor Benjamin Sieliman on chemistry, and it was then he imbibed his earliest knowledge of electricity. Heroes of the Telegraph He denounces those who "have endeavoured to found a natural philosophy on the books of Genesis and Job and other sacred Scriptures, so 'seeking the dead among the living.'" History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom With the results of the sale of such models I was enabled to pay the price of tickets of admission to the lectures on natural philosophy and chemistry delivered in the University of Edinburgh. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers After attaining to great proficiency in that kind of learning, Abdallatif applied himself to natural philosophy and medicine. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Ever since the fatal night, the end of my labours, and the beginning of my misfortunes, I had conceived a violent antipathy even to the name of natural philosophy. Frankenstein He was, however, wholly ignorant of even the first principles of chemistry, and natural philosophy, and all the knowledge he was enabled to obtain from his teachers was of very little service to him. History and Practice of the Art of Photography In 1243 the Dominicans interdicted every member of their order from the study of medicine and natural philosophy, and in 1287 this interdiction was extended to the study of chemistry. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom The Cambridge Platonists were anxious, not only to show this dependence of Greek upon Hebraic thought, but they went on to argue that Moses taught, in allegory, the natural philosophy of Descartes. The Book of Delight and Other Papers The sciences, which treat of general facts, are politics, natural philosophy, physic, chemistry, &c. where the qualities, causes and effects of a whole species of objects are enquired into. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding He asked me several questions concerning my progress in the different branches of science appertaining to natural philosophy. Frankenstein It may be proper here to apologize for many of the subsequent conjectures on some articles of natural philosophy, as not being supported by accurate investigation or conclusive experiments. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation He did much to change natural philosophy from a black art to a vigorous open science. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom After this he commenced natural philosophy and physical astronomy; then chemistry, geology, and mineralogy, collecting and arranging a cabinet. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin But this, it must be acknowledged, can be of no consequence to morality or religion, whatever it may be to natural philosophy or metaphysics. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding Besides, I had a contempt for the uses of modern natural philosophy. Frankenstein He made himself a perfect master of Greek in order to understand Aristotle in the original, and working on by himself he proceeded far beyond any chemist of his time in discoveries in natural philosophy. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II The Method or Logic of history followed the Philosophy of history; a gnoseology of the conceptions which are employed in the natural sciences succeeded natural philosophy. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Next, natural philosophy engaged my attention, which I followed up with close observation, gleaning my information from a great many sources. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin All day long, if left to himself, he was either absorbed in thought or engaged in some book of mathematics or natural philosophy. Biographical Stories (From: "True Stories of History and Biography") I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology. Frankenstein He seemed pleased to talk of natural philosophy. Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 |
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