The Problem of Life: An Essay in the Origins of Biological ThoughtMacmillan, 1976 - 343 Seiten |
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... blood has both physiological and metaphysical bases . The physiological basis is that when an anatomist dissects a recently killed animal he often finds that the arteries contain little blood compared to that contained in the veins . We ...
... blood has both physiological and metaphysical bases . The physiological basis is that when an anatomist dissects a recently killed animal he often finds that the arteries contain little blood compared to that contained in the veins . We ...
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... blood lay in a quantitative evaluation of the volume of blood in the body . This , as we shall see , seemed a clinching argument when compared with the vague qualitative approach of the mediaeval Galenists . But when we return to the ...
... blood lay in a quantitative evaluation of the volume of blood in the body . This , as we shall see , seemed a clinching argument when compared with the vague qualitative approach of the mediaeval Galenists . But when we return to the ...
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... blood and the solid parts , or mixed with these . So it is not surprising that these spirits with their nature thus ... blood ( like flame in the aroma of cooking ) and sustained by its continuous flow ; sometimes of the spirits as ...
... blood and the solid parts , or mixed with these . So it is not surprising that these spirits with their nature thus ... blood ( like flame in the aroma of cooking ) and sustained by its continuous flow ; sometimes of the spirits as ...
Inhalt
Preface | 8 |
The act of imagination | 8 |
The palaeontology of some key words | 17 |
Urheberrecht | |
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