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LetusnowsupplementthisestimateofBabylonianinfluencewithanotherestimatewritteninourownday,andquotedby ...
ANAXAGORASSometimeduringtheearlypartofthisgoldenagetherecametoAthensamiddle-agedmanfromClazomenae,wh ...
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EMPEDOCLESThelatestoftheimportantpre-SocraticphilosophersoftheItalicschoolwasEmpedocles,whowasbornab ...
BABYLONIANMEDICINEWehavejustseenthatmedicalpracticeintheBabylonianworldwasstrangelyunderthecloudofsu ...
CHALDEANMAGICWeturnnowfromthefieldoftheastrologertothecloselyalliedprovinceofChaldeanmagic--aprovinc ...
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CHALDEANMAGICWeturnnowfromthefieldoftheastrologertothecloselyalliedprovinceofChaldeanmagic--aprovinc ...
IDEASOFCOSMOLOGYInviewingthisastronomicalsystemoftheEgyptiansonecannotavoidthequestionastojustwhatin ...
Itmustbeunderstoodthattheknowledgeofprimitiveman,asweareabouttooutlineit,isinferential.Wecannottrace ...
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III.SCIENCEOFBABYLONIAANDASSYRIAThroughoutclassicalantiquityEgyptiansciencewasfamous.WeknowthatPlato ...
CHARMSANDINCANTATIONSWheresuchconceptionsasthesepertained,itgoeswithoutsayingthatcharmsandincantatio ...
CHARMSANDINCANTATIONSWheresuchconceptionsasthesepertained,itgoeswithoutsayingthatcharmsandincantatio ...
Ruth'smotherhadbeenthedaughterofapoorcurateinNorfolk,and,earlyleftwithoutparentsorhome,shewasthankfu ...
VII.GREEKSCIENCEINTHEEARLYATTICPERIODWehavetravelledratherfarinourstudyofGreekscience,andyetwehaveno ...
FIRSTSTEPSFortheveryfirstchaptersofthestorywemustgobackinimaginationtotheprehistoricperiod.Evenbarba ...
Itmustbeunderstoodthattheknowledgeofprimitiveman,asweareabouttooutlineit,isinferential.Wecannottrace ...
Flungeveryquiveringdartathimalone;Normissedtheiraim,forrangagainsthisshieldDartafterdartunerring,and ...
"Thatthemonadwasthebeginningofeverything.Fromthemonadproceedsanindefiniteduad,whichissubordinatetoth ...
Altogethersimilararetheexorcismsintendedtowardoffdisease.ProfessorSaycehaspublishedtranslationsofsom ...
LetusnowsupplementthisestimateofBabylonianinfluencewithanotherestimatewritteninourownday,andquotedby ...
IfIhadbeenbywayofdiningout,IwouldnothavefailedyourfriendCn.Octavius;towhom,however,Ididremarkuponhis ...
ASTRONOMICALSCIENCEIthasbeennecessarytobearinmindthesephasesofpracticalcivilizationbecausemuchthatwe ...