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...postulates, a-priori necessities of thought, etc. It needs the insight which Archimedes had long ago : "Give me a place to stand on, and I can move the world." CHAPTER II CAUSALITY Section i. Sequence THE most surprising feature in Hume's famous polemic...

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...streets, shouting: "Eureka!" Levers also engaged the philosopher's admiration, causing him to exclaim : "Give me a place to stand on, and I can move the earth 1" His book "On Levers," however, is lost. Archimedes constructed many scientific toys, one of which,...

..."point of reference."33 31. Archimedes is reputed to have said: 86<; noi Ttou oTCO KOI KIVW -O]v ff[v ("Give me a place to stand on and I can move the earth"). See Pappi Ale xandrim c olle ctionis quae supe rsunt, e libris manu scriptis edidit, latina interpretatione...

...arc originally set in Motion by those which arc very minute . . .' 4 Archimedes was reported to have said, 'Give me a place to stand on, and I can move the earth' (Soi pot TTOV <rrw KO.I <ctveu TI/I'); The H'nrla ofArcliimetks, ed. TC Heath (New York, 1953), Introduction,...

...Scientifically, what do Thule in Greenland, Clear in Alaska and Flyingdales in Britain have in common? 9. Archimedes once said "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the earth". What was the simple, though gigantic, tool he would need to do the job? 10. In...

...Japanese Investigator Fujitsuka Natsuo. Question #621 - Math/Science What Greek mathematician asserted, "Give me a place to stand on and I can move the Earth"? Answer #609 - Math/Science Quartz «*• This property is one of the reasons quartz can be used to...

...Archimedes (287 - 212 BC), the greatest mathematician and engineerphysicist of antiquity, once stated "Give me a place to stand on, and I can move the world." While he was referring to mechanics and the systems of levers, pulleys, screws, and gears with...