Philosophy treats of physics where a more careful knowledge is required because the problems which come under this head are numerous... So the reader of Ctesibius or Archimedes and the other writers of treatises of the same class will not be able to appreciate them unless he has been trained in these subjects by the philosophers.


Chapter I, Sec. 7 - De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC) - Book I

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Philosophy treats of physics where a more careful knowledge is required because the problems which come under this head are numerous... So the reader ...

Philosophy treats of physics where a more careful knowledge is required because the problems which come under this head are numerous... So the reader ...

Philosophy treats of physics where a more careful knowledge is required because the problems which come under this head are numerous... So the reader ...

Philosophy treats of physics where a more careful knowledge is required because the problems which come under this head are numerous... So the reader ...