Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen3A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... kind . An object of fight recalled to mind by the power of memory , is termed an idea or fecondary perception . An original per- ception , as faid above , affords knowledge in its proper fenfe ; but a fecondary perception affords belief ...
... kind . An object of fight recalled to mind by the power of memory , is termed an idea or fecondary perception . An original per- ception , as faid above , affords knowledge in its proper fenfe ; but a fecondary perception affords belief ...
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... kind . Mathematical reafoning how- ever is not merely a mental entertainment : it is of real use in life , by directing us to operate upon matter . There poffibly may not be found any where a where a perfect globe , to answer the idea ...
... kind . Mathematical reafoning how- ever is not merely a mental entertainment : it is of real use in life , by directing us to operate upon matter . There poffibly may not be found any where a where a perfect globe , to answer the idea ...
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... kind of demonftrative reasoning , founded on propofitions of which we are intuitively certain ; I justly call it demonftrative , because it affords the fame conviction that arifes from mathe- matical reasoning . In both , the means of ...
... kind of demonftrative reasoning , founded on propofitions of which we are intuitively certain ; I justly call it demonftrative , because it affords the fame conviction that arifes from mathe- matical reasoning . In both , the means of ...
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... kind of belief , that which is founded on reasoning ; to which , when intuition fails us , we must have recourse for ascertaining certain facts . Thus , from known effects , we infer the existence of unknown caufes . That an effect must ...
... kind of belief , that which is founded on reasoning ; to which , when intuition fails us , we must have recourse for ascertaining certain facts . Thus , from known effects , we infer the existence of unknown caufes . That an effect must ...
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... kind that are known . The reasonings in natural philosophy are mostly of that kind . Take the following examples . We learn from experience , that proceeding from the humblest vegetable to man , there are num- VOL . III . berlefs E e ...
... kind that are known . The reasonings in natural philosophy are mostly of that kind . Take the following examples . We learn from experience , that proceeding from the humblest vegetable to man , there are num- VOL . III . berlefs E e ...
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