Books author - "George Stuart Fullerton"
perhaps, but littleenlightening, for they can have little bearing upon our conception ofwhat we ought to do.A presumption against this arbitrary assumption that we have the one andonly desirable code is suggested the unthinking acceptance of thetraditional by those who are lacking in enlightenment and in the capacityreflection. Is it not significant that a contact with new ways ofthinking has a tendency, at least, to make men broaden their horizon andto revise some of their views? In other
explains the coming into being offire, wind, clouds, water, and earth, as due to a condensation andexpansion of the universal principle, air. The boldness of theirspeculations we may explain as due to a courage born of ignorance, butthe explanations they offer are scientific in spirit, at least.Moreover, these men do not stand alone. They are the advance guard ofan army whose latest representatives are the men who are enlighteningthe world at the present day. The evolution of science--taking
perhaps, but littleenlightening, for they can have little bearing upon our conception ofwhat we ought to do.A presumption against this arbitrary assumption that we have the one andonly desirable code is suggested the unthinking acceptance of thetraditional by those who are lacking in enlightenment and in the capacityreflection. Is it not significant that a contact with new ways ofthinking has a tendency, at least, to make men broaden their horizon andto revise some of their views? In other
explains the coming into being offire, wind, clouds, water, and earth, as due to a condensation andexpansion of the universal principle, air. The boldness of theirspeculations we may explain as due to a courage born of ignorance, butthe explanations they offer are scientific in spirit, at least.Moreover, these men do not stand alone. They are the advance guard ofan army whose latest representatives are the men who are enlighteningthe world at the present day. The evolution of science--taking