Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes, Volumen3United Company of Booksellers, 1775 |
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... invention of a ftand- ing army ; which , without being any ftrong bulwark against enemies , is a grievous burthen on the people ; and turns daily more and more fo . Liften to a first - rate author on that point . " Sitot qu'un etat ...
... invention of a ftand- ing army ; which , without being any ftrong bulwark against enemies , is a grievous burthen on the people ; and turns daily more and more fo . Liften to a first - rate author on that point . " Sitot qu'un etat ...
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... invention that a good legal establishment for the poor is not yet difcovered ? or is it impracticable to make any legal establishment that is not fraught with corruption ? I incline to the latter , for the following reafons , no lefs ...
... invention that a good legal establishment for the poor is not yet difcovered ? or is it impracticable to make any legal establishment that is not fraught with corruption ? I incline to the latter , for the following reafons , no lefs ...
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... invention of favages never reached the production of gin ; for fpirits in that early period would have left not one perfon alive , not a fingle Noah to reftore the race of men : in order to accomplish the plan of Providence , creation ...
... invention of favages never reached the production of gin ; for fpirits in that early period would have left not one perfon alive , not a fingle Noah to reftore the race of men : in order to accomplish the plan of Providence , creation ...
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... invention , and of perceiving relations . By the former are difcovered intermediate propofitions , e- qually related to the fundamental propofition , and to the conclufion and by the latter we perceive , that the different links which ...
... invention , and of perceiving relations . By the former are difcovered intermediate propofitions , e- qually related to the fundamental propofition , and to the conclufion and by the latter we perceive , that the different links which ...
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... invention of figns , which , by a fingle dafh of the pen , exprefs clearly what would require ma- ny words . By that means , a very long chain of rea- foning is expreffed by a few fymbols ; a method that contributes greatly to readinefs ...
... invention of figns , which , by a fingle dafh of the pen , exprefs clearly what would require ma- ny words . By that means , a very long chain of rea- foning is expreffed by a few fymbols ; a method that contributes greatly to readinefs ...
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abfolute abfurd affirmed againſt alfo ancient appear Ariftotle Ariftotle's army axioms becauſe Book cafe caufe cauſe charity cife claffes conclufion confequence converfion demonftration difcipline difcovered diftinctions diſeaſe divifion Efquimaux eſtabliſhment exerciſe exift exiſtence expreffed fable faid fame favages fays fcience fecond feems fenfe ferve fervice feven fhall fhould figure fimple fingle fingular firft firſt foldiers fome fometimes fpecies fpirit ftanding ftate ftill fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport fyftem fyllo fyllogifin fyllogifm genus hiftory himſelf houſe human induſtry inftances inhabitants intuitive intuitive knowledge invention knowledge labour laft lefs logic logicians meaſure middle term military modes moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferved occafion paffion pafs perfon Peru philofopher poor predicate prefent premiſes principles progrefs propofed propofition prove purpoſe queftion raiſe reafoning refpect rules SECT ſeems ſtanding ſtate term thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe
Pasajes populares
Página 139 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 140 - And this principally raises my esteem of these fables, which I receive, not as the product of the age, or invention of the poets, but as sacred relics, gentle whispers, and the breath of better times, that from the traditions of more ancient nations came, at length, into the flutes and trumpets of the Greeks.
Página 192 - Burgerfdick, after enumerating five claffes of modal fyllogifms, obferves, that they require many rules and cautions, which Ariftotle hath handled diligently ; but that as the ufe of them is not great and their rules difficult, he thinks it not worth while to enter into the difcuflion of them ; recommending to thofe who would underftand them, the moft learned paraphrafe of Joannes Monlorius upon the firft book of the Firft Analytics.
Página 195 - The form lies in the neceffary connection between the premifes and the conclufion ; and where fuch a connection is wanting, they are faid to be informal, or vicious in point of form. But where there is no fault in the form, there may be in the matter ; that is, in the propofitions of which they are compofed, which may be true or falfe, probable or improbable.
Página 60 - But of ell, the moft deplorable effect of a great city, is the preventing of population, by fhortening the lives of its inhabitants. Does a capital fwell in proportion to the numbers that are drained from the country? Far from it. The air of a populous city is infected by multitudes crouded together; and people there feldom make out the ufual time of life.
Página 207 - ... definitions, divifion, or method. To aid our rational powers, in avoiding thefe faults and in attaining the oppofite excellencies, is the end of logic ; and whatever there is in it that has no tendency to promote this end, ought to be thrown out. The rules of logic being of a very...
Página 211 - ... that while he was certain that he doubted, and reafoned, he was uncertain whether two and three made five, and whether he was dreaming or awake. It is more ftrange, that fo acute a reafoner fhould not perceive, that his whole train of reafoning to prove that his faculties were not fallacious, was mere...
Página 188 - By obfervation, and experiments properly conducted, the ftock of human knowledge may be enlarged without end ; but the power of reafoning alone, applied with vigour through a long life, would only carry a man round, like a horfe in a mill, who labours hard, but makes no progrefs. There is indeed an exception to this obfervation in the mathematical fciences.
Página 201 - Its profefled end is, to teach men to think, to judge, and to reafon, with precifion and accuracy. No man will fay that this is a matter of no importance ; the only thing therefore that admits of doubt, is, whether it can be taught. To refolve this doubt, it may be obferved, that our •rational faculty is the gift of God, given to men in very different meafure.
Página 175 - To know all the poflible modes of fyllogifm, we muft find how many different combinations may be made of thre"e out of the four vowels ; and from the art of combination the number is found to be fixtyfour.