A two-volume 1846 translation of an examination of miracles in ancient times by a French polymath, first published in 1829.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Preface A biographical sketch of M. Salverte Francois Arago Preface by the editor Introduction 1. Man is credulous because he is naturally sincere 2. Difference between miracles and prodigies 3. Enumeration and discussion of causes 4. Real but rare phenomena successfully held up as prodigies proceeding from the intervention of a divine power, and believed because men were ignorant that a phenomenon could be local and periodical 5. Magic 6. Trial of skill between the thaumaturgists 7. Errors mingled with the positive truths of science 8. Safeguards of the mystery that surrounded the occult sciences 9. Notwithstanding the rivalry of religious sects, the spirit of a fixed form of civilization existed 10. Enumeration of the wonders that the thaumaturgists acquired the power of working, by the practice of the occult science 11. Apparent miracles performed by mechanism 12. Acoustics 13. Optics 14. Hydrostatics 15. Secrets employed in working apparent miracles, in initiations, and in religious rites 16. Secrets to work upon the senses of the animals.
Preface A biographical sketch of M. Salverte Francois Arago Preface by the editor Introduction 1. Man is credulous because he is naturally sincere 2. Difference between miracles and prodigies 3. Enumeration and discussion of causes 4. Real but rare phenomena successfully held up as prodigies proceeding from the intervention of a divine power, and believed because men were ignorant that a phenomenon could be local and periodical 5. Magic 6. Trial of skill between the thaumaturgists 7. Errors mingled with the positive truths of science 8. Safeguards of the mystery that surrounded the occult sciences 9. Notwithstanding the rivalry of religious sects, the spirit of a fixed form of civilization existed 10. Enumeration of the wonders that the thaumaturgists acquired the power of working, by the practice of the occult science 11. Apparent miracles performed by mechanism 12. Acoustics 13. Optics 14. Hydrostatics 15. Secrets employed in working apparent miracles, in initiations, and in religious rites 16. Secrets to work upon the senses of the animals.
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