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... polemic that Erasmus and Montaigne had directed against the pedants , was to be energetically resumed by the English Baconian group and by Robert Boyle . Palissy , how- ever , subverted it by asserting a " scientific primitivism ” which ...
... polemic that Erasmus and Montaigne had directed against the pedants , was to be energetically resumed by the English Baconian group and by Robert Boyle . Palissy , how- ever , subverted it by asserting a " scientific primitivism ” which ...
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... polemic against the method and culture of the ancients.58 For example , an entire section of the Apologie by George Hakewill ( 1627 ) was dedicated to the inventions of the moderns , and to the techniques used in agriculture , printing ...
... polemic against the method and culture of the ancients.58 For example , an entire section of the Apologie by George Hakewill ( 1627 ) was dedicated to the inventions of the moderns , and to the techniques used in agriculture , printing ...
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... polemic against magics - al- chemists , 162–163 Prometheus myth and , 181– 186 scientific truth question , 161– 162 sovereignty of man , 154 themes formulated , 172-173 truth and utility affirmation of convergence of , 161-172 identity ...
... polemic against magics - al- chemists , 162–163 Prometheus myth and , 181– 186 scientific truth question , 161– 162 sovereignty of man , 154 themes formulated , 172-173 truth and utility affirmation of convergence of , 161-172 identity ...
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The Idea of Scientific Progress | 63 |
Philosophy Technics and the History | 100 |
Appendixes | 137 |
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