William Whewell Quote

The earlier truths are not expelled but absorbed, not contradicted but extended; and the history of each science, which may thus appear like a succession of revolutions, is, in reality, a series of developements.


History of the inductive sciences: from the earliest to the present times (ed. 1837)


The earlier truths are not expelled but absorbed, not contradicted but extended; and the history of each science, which may thus appear like a...

The earlier truths are not expelled but absorbed, not contradicted but extended; and the history of each science, which may thus appear like a...

The earlier truths are not expelled but absorbed, not contradicted but extended; and the history of each science, which may thus appear like a...

The earlier truths are not expelled but absorbed, not contradicted but extended; and the history of each science, which may thus appear like a...