Excerpt from Des Sciences Occultes, ou Essai sur la Magie, les Prodiges Et les Miracles La premi???re ???dition de ce livre, publ1ee en 1829 (1) ne se trouvant plus dans le commerce, j'ai d??? avant d'en faire para???tre une seconde, profiter des critiques qui m'ont ???t??? adress???es et des observations nombreuses que m'ontfourn1es de nouvelles ???tudes. La th???orie qui m'a guid??? est rest???e la m???me; je la r???sume en peu de mots 1??? Quand l'1nvraisemblance d'un fait est la principale oh jection que l'on cpp0se ?? ...
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Excerpt from Des Sciences Occultes, ou Essai sur la Magie, les Prodiges Et les Miracles La premi???re ???dition de ce livre, publ1ee en 1829 (1) ne se trouvant plus dans le commerce, j'ai d??? avant d'en faire para???tre une seconde, profiter des critiques qui m'ont ???t??? adress???es et des observations nombreuses que m'ontfourn1es de nouvelles ???tudes. La th???orie qui m'a guid??? est rest???e la m???me; je la r???sume en peu de mots 1??? Quand l'1nvraisemblance d'un fait est la principale oh jection que l'on cpp0se ??? sa r???alit???, les t???moignages qui l'attestent reprennent toute leur valeur si l'on parvient ??? ???tablir que l'invraisemblance n'est qu'apparente. Peut - on avec succ???s tenter une pareille ???preuve sur la plupart des prodiges et des miracles racont???s par les an01ens Il est raisonnable d???s lors, d'admettre la V???rit??? des faits et la justesse de leur explication plut???t que d'arguer d'impos ture des r???cits dont les d???couvertes modernes nous ont fr???quemment d???montr??? l'exactitude. 2??? Que la science autrefois, et surtout la science renferm???e dans les temples, ait affect??? de s'envelopper de voiles ???pais qui la d???ro baient aux regards du vulgaire c'est un fait incontesta ble. Qu'elle servit ??? op???rer des oeuvres merveilleuses pro pres a subjuguer l'indocilit??? et l'incr???dulit??? des peuples, c'est une supposition si naturelle qu'on aurait quelque peine a la repousser, au moins par des raisons solides. Dans les r???cits merveilleux qui sont parvenus jusqu'??? nous, on peut donc retrouver quelques unes de ces connais sances myst???rieuses en suivre la recherche c'est tra vailler ??? compl???ter l'histoire des sciences et l'hist01re des hommes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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