Spinoza then went on at some length to show how, in the absence of such a demonstration, it is easy enough to explain the results of Boyle's experiments along Cartesian lines.
Spinoza's attitude towards experimental observation seems to be, then, that it can have no weight against a theory based in sound a priori philosophical intuition and geometrical demonstration, and is easy available, though not necessary, to confirm the results of such pure theorizing.
In the era of stop-and-frisk practices, continuing reports of corruption and the brutalities that attended the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, it is easy to forget, and can be difficult to acknowledge, that a police presence, on its own, can yield beneficial social utility.
Even on days of major demonstrations, it was easy to forget that Tahrir was only a mile and a half away.
After you've had your lid blown off by overdriven loud ass music and endless headphone/boob demonstrations, it's easy to miss a guitar hurtling at you until the very last minute.
Emma Norton, legal officer at Liberty, said: "Policing demonstrations is no easy task but the police must distinguish between the law-abiding majority and the handful intent on violence.
In essence, it is easier to learn a new procedure or review one by watching a video demonstration rather than by reading about it on paper [ 29].
Crowd controlling is easier, and the police have been given more free reign in breaking down the demonstrations.
The leadership seems to recognize that ending the street demonstrations is far easier than turning the clock back to the days before the election, when there was still some degree of trust in a system that sought to marry religious authority with popularly elected institutions, political analysts said.
The demonstration is simple.
