Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Subjects embraced by the study of the Cosmos or of physical cosmog raphy. Separation of other kindred studies - p. 56-62.
The menu logical portion of the Cosmos is more simple than the telluric; the im possibility of ascertaining the diversity of matter simplifies the study of the mechanism of the heavens. Origin of the word Cosmos, its sig nification of adornment and order of the universe. The existing can not be absolutely separated in our contemplation of nature from the future.
History of the world and description of the world - p. 62-73. Attempts to embrace the multiplicity of the phenomena of the Cos mos in the unity of thought and under the form of a purely rational combination. Natural philosophy, which preceded all exact observa tion in antiquity, is a natural, but not unfrequently ill-directed, effort of reason.
Two forms of abstraction rule the whole mass of knowl edge, viz.:
| ISBN: | 9780243687657 |
| Publication date: | 27th November 2019 |
| Author: | Humboldt, Alexander von |
| Publisher: | Forgotten Books |
| Format: | Ebook |
Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Subjects embraced by the study of the Cosmos or of physical cosmog raphy.
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