Civilisation, Its Cause And Cure, And Other Essays
Civilisation, Its Cause And Cure, And Other Essays
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The result of all this has been that notwithstanding the talk about energy and atoms, Science has sadly to confess that it can still give no valid meaning to the word temperature : the unknown thing is still unknown, the independent existence round the corner still escapes us. By the very effort to arrive at something independent of human sensation, Science has, in a roundabout way, arrived at an absurdity. When the man said he was cold, his statement deplorably vague as it 78 CIVILISATION: ITS... CAUSE AND CURE. Was had some meaning : he was describing his feelings, or possibly he had seen some snow or some ice on the road ; but when, in the endeavor to leave out the human and to say something absolute, Science declared that the temperature was thirty degrees, it committed itself to a remark which possibly was exact in form, but to which it has never given and never can give any meaning. 1 Similarly with other generalities of Science : the " law " of he Conservation of Energy, the " law " of the Survival of the Fittest the more you think about them the less possible is it to give any really intelligible sense to them.
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The result of all this has been that notwithstanding the talk about energy and atoms, Science has sadly to confess that it can still give no valid meaning to the word temperature : the unknown thing is still unknown, the independent existence round the corner still escapes us. By the very effort to arrive at something independent of human sensation, Science has, in a roundabout way, arrived at an absurdity. When the man said he was cold, his statement deplorably vague as it 78 CIVILISATION: ITS... CAUSE AND CURE. Was had some meaning : he was describing his feelings, or possibly he had seen some snow or some ice on the road ; but when, in the endeavor to leave out the human and to say something absolute, Science declared that the temperature was thirty degrees, it committed itself to a remark which possibly was exact in form, but to which it has never given and never can give any meaning. 1 Similarly with other generalities of Science : the " law " of he Conservation of Energy, the " law " of the Survival of the Fittest the more you think about them the less possible is it to give any really intelligible sense to them.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929 to read onlineMoreLess
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