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History of the inductive sciences, from the earliest to the present time

Note 30 — Chapter IV · Inductive Epoch of Kepler.

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Laplace, Précis de l’Hist. d’Ast. p. 94. “Il est affligeant pour l’esprit humain de voir ce grand homme, même dans ses derniers ouvrages, se complaire avec délices dans ses chimériques spéculations, et les regarder comme l’âme et la vie de l’astronomie.” Hist. of Ast., L. U. K., p. 53. “This success [of Kepler] may well inspire with dismay those who are accustomed to consider experiment and rigorous induction as the only means to interrogate nature with success.” Life of Kepler, L. U. K., p. 14, “Bad philosophy.” P. 15, “Kepler’s miraculous good fortune in seizing truths across the wildest and most absurd theories.” P. 54, “The danger of attempting to follow his method in the pursuit of truth.”

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