History of the lnductive Sciences

History of the lnductive Sciences

Whewell, William

London: Parker, 1837

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1837

1855-06-13: "Wednesday 13. Began Part IV of Spinoza's Ethics. Began also to read Cumming for article in Westminster. We are reading in the evenings now, Sydney Smith's letters, Boswell, Whewell's History of lnductive Sciences, the Odyssey and occasionally Heine's Reisebilder. I began the second Book of the Iliad in Greek this morning." Diary 1854-1861 56
1855-06-17: George Eliot to Charles Bray, 17 June 1855. “I think we like East Sheen better and better, and are happier every day -- writing hard, walking hard, reading Homer and science and rearing tadpoles. I read aloud for about three hours every evening, beginning with Boswell's Johnson, or some such enjoyable book, not unfriendly to digestion, then subsiding into the dreary dryness of Whewell's History of the Inductive Sciences and winding up with Heine's wit and imagination. We breakfast at ½ past 8, read to ourselves till 10, write till ½ past 1, walk till nearly 4, and dine at 5, regretting each day as it goes.” GEL 2: 202-3 

Whewell, William, History of the lnductive Sciences, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57665

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