The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. Annual Report - Página 39por New Jersey. State Department of Health - 1881Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| New Church gen. confer - 1871 - 644 páginas
...not scattered at random, but are distributed in accordance with orderly and fixed laws" (p. 90). " The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena...what we call the laws of nature. The player on the one side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just, and patient ; substitute for... | |
| 1916 - 688 páginas
...the assertion I have italicized is strange to me. And it is false : — " The World is a Chessboard. The Player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always just and patient. But w« aim know to our cost that he never overlook* a mistake or maleen the smallest... | |
| Alfred Elwes - 1872 - 306 páginas
...being one of the two players in a game of his or her own. The chess-board is the world, the pieces the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game...nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. All we know is that his play is always fair, just, and patient ; but, also, that he never overlooks... | |
| 1886 - 924 páginas
...played for untold ages, every man and woman of us being one of the two players in a game of his or her own. The chessboard is the world, the pieces are...Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. \Ve know that his play is always fair, just, and patient. But also we know to our cost that he never... | |
| Carl Adolf Buchheim - 1868 - 296 páginas
...being one of the two players in a game of his or her own. The chess-board is the world, the pieces the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game...nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. All we know is that his play is always fair, just, and patient; but, also, that he never overlooks... | |
| 1868 - 660 páginas
...two players in a game of his or her own." "The chess-board," he goes on, "is the world, the pieces the phenomena of the universe ; the rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature." Take these words in their full meaning; understand by "phenomena" not merely whatever our senses tell... | |
| 1870 - 590 páginas
...being one of the two players in a game of his or her own. The chess-board is the world, the pieces the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game...nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. All we know is that his play is always fair, just, and patient; but, also, that he never overlooks... | |
| Alexander MacLeod - 1870 - 328 páginas
...being one of the two players in a game of his or her own. The chess-board is the world, the pieces the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game...nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. All we know is that his play is always fair, just, and patient ; but, also, that he never overlooks... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - 1872 - 422 páginas
...played for untold ages, every man and woman of us being one of the two players in a game of his or her own. The chess-board is the world, the pieces...Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from U3. We know that his play is always fair, just, and patient. But also \ve know, to our cost, that ho... | |
| Young people - 1875 - 690 páginas
...heading " A Beautiful Allegory." It is as follows : — " The chess-board is the world, the pieces are phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are...hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair and just and patient. But also we know to our cost that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the... | |
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