Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen3A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... term and fay , that it is trop vafte , we enquire no farther : a term that is not familiar , makes an im- preffion , and captivates weak reason . This obfervation accounts for a mode of writing formerly in common ufe , that of stuffing ...
... term and fay , that it is trop vafte , we enquire no farther : a term that is not familiar , makes an im- preffion , and captivates weak reason . This obfervation accounts for a mode of writing formerly in common ufe , that of stuffing ...
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... term 1 ; and how abfurd is it , to imagine a proof neceffary of what is admitted in the fun- damental propofition ? In the next place , How does our author know that he thinks ? If nothing is to be taken for granted , an argument is no ...
... term 1 ; and how abfurd is it , to imagine a proof neceffary of what is admitted in the fun- damental propofition ? In the next place , How does our author know that he thinks ? If nothing is to be taken for granted , an argument is no ...
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... term , is to exprefs its meaning in more fimple terms . Terms expreffing ideas that are fimple without parts , admit not of being defined , because there are no terms more fimple to exprefs their mean- ing . To fay that every term is ...
... term , is to exprefs its meaning in more fimple terms . Terms expreffing ideas that are fimple without parts , admit not of being defined , because there are no terms more fimple to exprefs their mean- ing . To fay that every term is ...
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... terms , Whatever is true of the genus , holds true of every fpecies . Founding upon that axiom , he reafons thus : " All animals have a power " of felf - motion : man is an animal : ergo , " 6 man has a power of felf - motion . " Now if ...
... terms , Whatever is true of the genus , holds true of every fpecies . Founding upon that axiom , he reafons thus : " All animals have a power " of felf - motion : man is an animal : ergo , " 6 man has a power of felf - motion . " Now if ...
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