 It remains their everlasting glory that they discovered and made use of the serious scientific elements in the confused and complex mass of exact observations and superstitious ideas which constitutes the priestly wisdom of the East, and threw all the...  Mathematics - Page 2by David Eugene Smith - 1923 - 175 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Burnet - Philosophy, Ancient - 1914 - 384 pages
...elements in the confused and complex mass of exact observations and superstitious ideas, which constitutes the priestly wisdom of the East, and threw all the fantastic rubbish on one side." GREEK SCIENCE 9 How much of Indian science is original, and how much may be traced to Greek influence,... | |
 | Sir Thomas Little Heath - Mathematics - 1921 - 474 pages
...elements in the confused and complex mass of exact observations and superstitious ideas which constitutes the priestly wisdom of the East, and threw all the fantastic rubbish on one side.' l For the same reason, while using the earlier work of Egyptians and Babylonians as a basis, the Greek... | |
 | Sir Thomas Little Heath - Mathematics - 1921 - 474 pages
...elements in the confused and complex mass of exact observations and superstitious ideas which constitutes the priestly wisdom of the East, and threw all the fantastic rubbish on one side.' l For the same reason, while using the earlier work of Egyptians and Babylonians as a basis, the Greek... | |
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