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Ought we, for instance, to begin by discussing each separate species — man, lion, ox, and the like — taking each kind in hand independently of the rest, or ought we rather to deal first with the attributes which they have in common in virtue of some common element of their nature, and proceed from this as a basis for the consideration of them separately?
Ought we, for instance, to begin by discussing each separate species — man, lion, ox, and the like — taking each kind in hand independently of the rest, or ought werather to deal first with the attributes which they have in common in virtue of some common element of their nature, and proceed from this as a basis for the consideration of them separately? Aristotle, De Partibus Animalium
...all the laws of nature and all the operations of bodies without exception are known only by experience....D. Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
And thought I fret and worry till I’m weary, When? How? and Where? remains the fatal query; Mephistopheles, in J. W. Goethe, Faust: Part 2
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Keddy, P.A. (2001). Competition in action. In: Competition. Population and Community Biology Series, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0694-1_3
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