The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins, Late Lord Bishop of Chester: II. That it is probable our earth is one of the planetsVernor and Hood, 1802 |
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... opinion is no sufficient reason why it should be rejected ; because other certain truths have been formerly esteemed ridiculous , and great absurdities entertained by common consent . By way of Preface II . That a plurality of worlds ...
... opinion is no sufficient reason why it should be rejected ; because other certain truths have been formerly esteemed ridiculous , and great absurdities entertained by common consent . By way of Preface II . That a plurality of worlds ...
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... opinion can be no sufficient reason to prove it erroneous II . That the places of scripture which seem to intimate the diurnal motion of the sun or heavens , are fairly capable of another interpretation Page 135 ....... 149 III . That ...
... opinion can be no sufficient reason to prove it erroneous II . That the places of scripture which seem to intimate the diurnal motion of the sun or heavens , are fairly capable of another interpretation Page 135 ....... 149 III . That ...
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... opinion . Two cautions there are , which I would willingly admo- nish thee of in the beginning : 1. That thou shouldst not here look to find an exact ac- curate treatise ; since this discourse was but the fruit of some lighter studies ...
... opinion . Two cautions there are , which I would willingly admo- nish thee of in the beginning : 1. That thou shouldst not here look to find an exact ac- curate treatise ; since this discourse was but the fruit of some lighter studies ...
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... opinion is no sufficient reason why it should be rejected ; because other certain truths have been formerly esteemed ridiculous , and great ab- surdities entertained by common consent . THE HERE is an earnestness and hungering after ...
... opinion is no sufficient reason why it should be rejected ; because other certain truths have been formerly esteemed ridiculous , and great ab- surdities entertained by common consent . THE HERE is an earnestness and hungering after ...
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... opinion , or go to the charges of an experiment . Now if he , who had such good grounds for his assertion , could find no better entertainment among the wiser sort , and upper end of the world ; it is not likely then that this opinion ...
... opinion , or go to the charges of an experiment . Now if he , who had such good grounds for his assertion , could find no better entertainment among the wiser sort , and upper end of the world ; it is not likely then that this opinion ...
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