...thus be led to one vast question, -which indeed lies at the root of the whole subject, and is simply this: Are the actions of / men, and therefore of societies,...result either of chance or of supernatural interference ? The discussion of these alternatives will suggest some speculations of considerable interest. For,...

...present empirical state, and never rise to the rank of a science. The 14 15 question, he says, is simply this — Are the actions of men and, therefore, of...result either of chance or of supernatural interference V Two obstacles must be cleared away before the positive method can hold its ground in the social sciences....

...Buckle opens his work with an inquiry, which lies, he observes, at the root of the whole subject : " Are the actions of men, and, therefore, of societies,...fixed laws; or are they the result either of chance or supernatural interference ?" He then traces briefly the way in which the notions of chance and fate...

...all this, he pretends to begin from persons. The fundamental question of his book is thus stated : " Are the actions of men, and therefore of societies,...fixed laws, or are they the result either of chance or supernatural interference ?"* He discusses these latter alternatives, not mathematically, or metaphysically,...

...present empirical state, and never rise to the rank of a science. The question, he says, is simply this — " Are the actions of men and, therefore, of societies, governed by fixed laws, or arc they the result either of chance or of supernatural interference 1" Two obstacles must be cleared...

...present empirical state, and never rise to the rank of a science. The question, he says, is simply this — Are the actions of men and, therefore, of societies, governed by fixed tews, or are they the result either of chance or of supernatural interference V Two obstacles must...

...only an empirical narrative of facts. But the question comes, Is it so ? Are the actions of men and societies governed by fixed laws, or are they the result either of blind chance or of supernatural interference ? In regard to all events there are two doctrines which...

...thus be led to one vast question, which indeed lies at the root of the whole subject, and is simply this : Are the actions of men, and therefore of societies,...result either of chance or of supernatural interference 1 The discussion of these alternatives will suggest some speculations of considerable interest. For,...

...Am. ed.), " to one vast question, which, indeed, lies at the root of the whole subject, and is simply this : Are the actions of men, and therefore of societies,...result either of chance or of supernatural interference ? " Identifying freedom with chance, Mr. Buckle denies that there is such a thing, and maintains that...

...civilisation by the following questions, which, he says, lie at the root of the whole subject : — " Are the actions of men, and therefore of societies, governed by fixed laws; or are they the result of chance or supernatural interference ?" Now this division is not logically correct, for actions may...