在《神的哲学家》中,詹姆斯·汉南驳斥了科学在启蒙时代自发出现的神话,认为中世纪的自然哲学为科学铺平了道路。
In God's Philosophers, James Hannam dispels the myth that science burst onto the scene spontaneously during the Enlightenment, arguing instead that medieval natural philosophy paved the way.
(幻灯片出现:自然界遵循一定得规律,用牛顿的话说就是”自然哲学就是找出自然界规律的学科“(科学在牛顿那个年代称之为自然哲学)尽管人类不断努力去追寻这些规律的更精确形式,也许最终找到了他们的最终形式,但是这些规律不仅仅是人类的思维构想。
(slide-"Nature obeys laws and, in Newton's words, 'it is the business of natural philosophy to find them out.' (Natural philosophy was, in his day, the term for science.)
而到了十九世纪,随着自然哲学家们在其数量、知识能力与影响力上的增强,自然学科与哲学就分道扬镳了。
In the 19th century, though, nature and philosophy went their separate ways as the natural philosophers grew in number, power and influence.
Callicles tells Socrates "Philosophy is a pretty toy if one indulges in it with moderation at the right time of life.
他告诉苏格拉底,如果一个人在年轻时代,有节制地享受哲学的乐趣,那自然大有裨益。
They don't necessarily represent in a systematic fashion Plato's worked out axiomatic views about the nature of philosophy.
它们不一定是很系统的,不是说柏拉图已经,提出了一套系统的哲学自然理论
The Clouds was written in 423 when Socrates was in his mid-forties and the Aristophanic Socrates is essentially what we call a natural philosopher.
云》剧写于公元前423年3,当时苏格拉底约45岁,亚里斯多芬尼斯时的苏格拉底,基本上就是我们所谓的自然哲学家。
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