If many of the guesses of philosophers of bygone times now appear fanciful and absurd, because time and observation have refuted them, others, which were at the time equally gratuitous, have been confirmed in a manner which makes them appear marvellously sagacious.


The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Founded Upon Their History, (2nd edition), Book XI, Chapter V (p. 56)

William Whewell Quotes

If many of the guesses of philosophers of bygone times now appear fanciful and absurd, because time and observation have refuted them, others, which...

If many of the guesses of philosophers of bygone times now appear fanciful and absurd, because time and observation have refuted them, others, which...

If many of the guesses of philosophers of bygone times now appear fanciful and absurd, because time and observation have refuted them, others, which...

If many of the guesses of philosophers of bygone times now appear fanciful and absurd, because time and observation have refuted them, others, which...