 The science of human nature is of this description. It falls far short of the standard of exactness now realized in Astronomy; but there is no reason that it should not be as much a science as Tidology is, or as Astronomy was when its calculations had...  Aristotle - Page 211by George Grote - 1880 - 681 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Stuart Mill - 1843 - 654 pages
...and our conduct. § 2. The science of human nature is of this description. It falls far short of the standard of exactness now realized in Astronomy; but...mastered the main phenomena, but not the perturbations. The phenomena with which this science is conversant being the thoughts, feelings, and actions of human... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1846 - 630 pages
...and our conduct. § 2. The science of human nature is of this description. It falls far short of the standard of exactness now realized in Astronomy ;...that it should not be as much a science as Tidology ie, or as Astronomy was when its calculations had only mastered the main phenomena, but not the perturbations.... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1856 - 560 pages
...and our conduct. § 2. The science of human nature is of this description. It falls far short of the standard of exactness now realized in Astronomy ;...reason that it should not be as much a science as Tiddlogy is, or as Astronomy was when its calculations had only mastered the main phenomena, but not... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 666 pages
...our conduct. § 2. The science of human nature is of this description. It falls far ' short of the standard of exactness now realized in Astronomy; but...mastered the main phenomena, but not the perturbations The phenomena with which this science is conversant being the ' thoughts, feelings, and actions of... | |
 | 1861 - 192 pages
...of the standard of exactness now realized even by Meteorology or Geology. But there is no reason why it should not be as much a science as Tidology is, or as Astronomy was when its professors had mastered the meaning of the main phenomena and not of the perturbations. The chief hope... | |
 | John Venn - 1866 - 412 pages
...of our faculties: — "The science of human nature is of this description. It falls far short of the standard of exactness now realized in Astronomy; but...mastered the main phenomena, but not the perturbations. "The phenomena with which this science is conversant being the thoughts, feelings, and actions of human... | |
 | 1866 - 802 pages
...treatment, he says, and we quite agree with him, though this science may not be as exact as modern astronomy, ' but there is no reason that it should...calculations had only mastered the main phenomena, and not the perturbations.' He thinks wo might then be able ' to foretell how an individual would think,... | |
 | John Venn - 1866 - 412 pages
...of our faculties; — "The science of human nature is of this description. It falls far short of the standard of exactness now realized in Astronomy; but there is no reason that it should not be aa much a science as Tidology is, or as Astrdnomy was when its calculations had only mastered the main... | |
 | George Grote - 1872 - 508 pages
...causes the share of effect that really belongs to it The science of human nature falls far short of the standard of exactness now realized in Astronomy ;...mastered the main phenomena, but not the perturbations." CHAP. VII. PB/ECOQNITA ASSUMED IN ALL TEACHING. 305 variety thereof, some prœcognita must be assumed,... | |
 | John Venn - 1876 - 526 pages
...of our faculties: — "The science of human nature is of this description. It falls far short of the standard of exactness now realized in Astronomy ;...mastered the main phenomena, but not the perturbations. " The phenomena with which this science is conversant being the thoughts, feelings, and actions of... | |
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