Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen3A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... definition . Place before a child a crooked line , and one that has no appearance of being crooked : call the for ... definitions , that even these fimple ideas are not suffered to escape . A traight line , for example , is defined to be ...
... definition . Place before a child a crooked line , and one that has no appearance of being crooked : call the for ... definitions , that even these fimple ideas are not suffered to escape . A traight line , for example , is defined to be ...
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... definition . If I had not be- forehand an idea of a straight line , I should never be able to find out , that it is the shortest that can be drawn between two points . D'Alembert ftrains hard , but without fuccefs , for a definition of ...
... definition . If I had not be- forehand an idea of a straight line , I should never be able to find out , that it is the shortest that can be drawn between two points . D'Alembert ftrains hard , but without fuccefs , for a definition of ...
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... define every one of them . For example , a circle is a figure having a point within it , named the centre , through which all the straight lines that can be drawn , and extended to the circumference , are equal ; a surface bounded by ...
... define every one of them . For example , a circle is a figure having a point within it , named the centre , through which all the straight lines that can be drawn , and extended to the circumference , are equal ; a surface bounded by ...
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... defined above , is knowledge of the truth of facts that falls below certainty , and in- volves in its nature fome degree of doubt . It is alfo of two kinds ; one founded upon intuition , and one upon reafoning . Thus , knowledge ...
... defined above , is knowledge of the truth of facts that falls below certainty , and in- volves in its nature fome degree of doubt . It is alfo of two kinds ; one founded upon intuition , and one upon reafoning . Thus , knowledge ...
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... definition there are but five regular bodies , in geometry . Is that a reafon for confi- ning the Almighty to five worlds , not one lefs or more . Ariftotle , who wrote a book upon mechanics , was much puzzled about the equilibrium of a ...
... definition there are but five regular bodies , in geometry . Is that a reafon for confi- ning the Almighty to five worlds , not one lefs or more . Ariftotle , who wrote a book upon mechanics , was much puzzled about the equilibrium of a ...
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