ABSTRACT
In the 19th century, science was rife. In that century, arithmetic had already set
science apart from the earlier more philosophical approach to knowledge. In 1741,
Johann Peter Süssmilch, a Prussian, showed the power of the science of statistics.
Vital statistics was born, and it was thought that laws could now be found to
explain all of nature, including people, mind, whatever. By the 1800s, what we
now call quantitative science had set its mark (actually more like a seal) on
understanding. The tabular, arithmetical, taxonomic, nomothetic approach ruled.
