Dissertations On the History of Metaphysical And Ethical And of Mathematical An
The book Dissertations On the History of Metaphysical And Ethical And of Mathematical An was written by author Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828 Here you can read free online of Dissertations On the History of Metaphysical And Ethical And of Mathematical An book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Dissertations On the History of Metaphysical And Ethical And of Mathematical An a good or bad book?
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Chemistry, in this state, might be said to have an elective attraction for all that was most absurd and extravagant in the other parts of knowledge ; alchemy was its immediate offspring, and it allied itself in succession with the dreams of the Cabalists, the Rosicrucians, and the Theosophers. Thus a science^ founded in experiment, and destined one day to afford 1 BACON. PRELIMINARY DISSERTATIONS. such noble examples of its use, exhibited for se- veral ages little else than a series of illusory... pursuits, or visionary speculations, while now and then a fact was accidentally discovered. Under the influence of these circumstances arose Paracelsus, Van Helmont, Fludd, Cardan, and several others, conspicuous no less for the weakness than the force of their understand- ings; men who united extreme credulity, the most extravagant pretensions, and the most ex- cessive vanity, with considerable powers of in- vention, a complete contempt for authority, and a desire to consult experience ; but destitute of the judgment, patience, and comprehensive views, without which the responses of that oracle are never to be understood.
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