He had heard that the chemist Robert Boyle was also an alchemist and was also working on the philosophers stone. He was also worried about his one personal protection. There were cases in Continental Europe of alchemists being arrested by various kings. If Netwon had actually figured out how ...
While philosophers, religious leaders, and scientists debate these questions, we all agree that we perceive our world according to our own perspectives and from a greater perspective that is true for us all. We might all look at a horse and react to it differently based on our individual ...
) The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body. Occasionality (n.) Quality or state of being ...
Romanticists were rebels at heart. Many of them were attracted to movements related to individualism and freedom from oppression. The French Revolution, and other movements toward democracy, inspired many Romantic philosophers. Similarly, Romantic writers believed that individuals should be allowed to de...
Many philosophers, including Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel, gave normative definitions of beauty. But do these definitions match how people experience ... A Brielmann,A Nuzzo,D Pelli 被引量: 0发表: 2020年 The Woman Who Read Too Much Gossip was rife in the capital about the poetess ...
Smith’s idea has dominated modern views of economics.It also has wide applications.He was one of the philosophers to point out that nations can become rich,free and powerful through peace,trade and invention. H. Although the Scottish Enlightenment ended a long time ago,the ideas which evolve...
a budding scientist torn between the occult teachings that drew him to science as a child and the prevailing rationalism of his teachers. Victor confides his interest in the great alchemists and occult philosophers, such as the Renaissance-era magus Cornelius Agrippa, but his professors dismi...
Smith's idea has dominated modern views of economics.It also has wide applications.He was one of the philosophers to point out that nations can become rich,free and powerful through peace,trade and invention. Although the Scottish Enlightenment ended a long time ago,the ideas which evolved at ...