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Quote: sweep away dread of the supernatural by observing Nature and her laws
Topic:
history of science
Group:
philosophy of science
Topic:
religion
Topic:
the effect of scale
Topic:
metaphysics and epistemology
Topic:
empirical truth
Quotation Skeleton
[I.146] This dread, these shadows of the mind, … beams of day, // But by observing Nature … principle: that nothing's brought // Forth by any … dread -- // Beholding many things take place … The explanation for these happenings to powers divine. … are on the way to what we want … [p. 8, I.159] For if things were created out of … People could pop out of the sea, the … An apple one time, might, the next, produce … But clearly this is not // What happens. … [p. 9, I.190] // From a certain seed, preserving their own species as … Google-1 Google-2
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Additional Titles
Quote: nothing can be made of nothing; otherwise any breed could be born from any other; people would pop out of the sea
Topic: history of science (52 items)
Group: philosophy of science (10 topics, 406 quotes)
Topic: religion (50 items)
Topic: the effect of scale (17 items)
Topic: metaphysics and epistemology (99 items)
Topic: empirical truth (47 items)