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This Pythagorean theory is attributed to Philolaus, a Theban, who lived at the end of the fifth century B.C. Although it is fanciful and in part quite unscientific, it is very important, since it involves the greater part of the imaginative effort required for conceiving the Copernican hypothesis. To conceive of the earth, not as the centre of the
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy

La communication faite par Pigafetta sur cet étrange phénomène étonne tout le monde cultivé. Un secret a été dévoilé, dont ni les sages de la Grèce, ni Ptolémée, ni Aristote n’ont soupçonné l’existence et que seule l’entreprise de Magellan a permis de découvrir. Cette nouvelle connaissance, que quiconque fait le tour de la terre dans le sens de sa
... See moreStefan Zweig • Magellan (French Edition)

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Le grec était précisément, même à Rome, la langue de la philosophie.
Pierre Hadot • La Citadelle intérieure : Introduction aux Pensées de Marc Aurèle (Essais) (French Edition)
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Against all the religious vitriol curiosity had sustained, Francis Bacon, onetime lord chancellor of England and staunch proponent of empiricism, defends it, characterizing it as absolutely “natural” and in fact “useful” when tasked with building knowledge in the service of humankind.