Cosmos a Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe volume 2
Cosmos a Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe volume 2
Humboldt, Alexander Von, 1769-1859
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Iii. , * 430. ) THE ARABS. 221 of the people, in their early uncultivated condition, to the motions of the stars, as we learn from the fact that the stellar worship of Jupiter, practiced under the Lachraites by theTace of the Asedites, included Mercury, which, from its proximity to the sun, is less' frequently visible, it would nevertheless appear that the remarkable scientific activity manifested by the Arabs in all branches of practical astronomy is to be ascribed less to native than to Chald...ean and Indian influ- ences. Atmospheric conditions merely favored that which had been called forth by mental qualifications, and by the contact of highly-gifted races with more civilized neighboring nations. How many rainless portions of tropical America, as Cumana, Coro, and Payta* enjoy a still more transparent at mosphere than Egypt, Arabia, and Bokhara ! A tropical sky, and the eternal clearness of the heavens, radiant in stars and nebulous spots, undoubtedly every where exercise an influence on the mind, but they can only lead to thought, and to the solution of mathematical propositions, where other internal and external incitements, independent of climatic relations, affect the national character, and where the requirements of religious and agricultural pursuits make the exact division of time a necessity prompted by social conditions.
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