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... give method and consistency to our conceptions , -it was absolutely necessary that we should be expert metaphysicians , should be acquainted with all the mental speculations of the day , and intimately and familiarly conversant with the ...
... give method and consistency to our conceptions , -it was absolutely necessary that we should be expert metaphysicians , should be acquainted with all the mental speculations of the day , and intimately and familiarly conversant with the ...
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... give some idea of the nature of the treatise , which may fairly claim to be both amusing and instructive . " - Leeds Times , May 17 , 1851 . " The plan of it , so far as we know , is entirely original . In the whole history of Logic no ...
... give some idea of the nature of the treatise , which may fairly claim to be both amusing and instructive . " - Leeds Times , May 17 , 1851 . " The plan of it , so far as we know , is entirely original . In the whole history of Logic no ...
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... give the rules , he will have more confidence in the truth of his reasonings . He will also be better able to perceive the incorrect reasonings of others , and to show the sound- ness or unsoundness of any opinions propounded for his ...
... give the rules , he will have more confidence in the truth of his reasonings . He will also be better able to perceive the incorrect reasonings of others , and to show the sound- ness or unsoundness of any opinions propounded for his ...
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... gives a pleasant sound ; that fire burns wood ; water is soft ; and iron is hard ; for we have seen , heard , or felt all these . It is upon this evidence of sense that we know and believe the daily occurrences in human life ; and ...
... gives a pleasant sound ; that fire burns wood ; water is soft ; and iron is hard ; for we have seen , heard , or felt all these . It is upon this evidence of sense that we know and believe the daily occurrences in human life ; and ...
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... give reasons for your opinion . So the acquisi- tion of knowledge by reading or hearing is not reasoning . You may possibly read history or biography , learn several languages , and become acquainted with botany , natural history , and ...
... give reasons for your opinion . So the acquisi- tion of knowledge by reading or hearing is not reasoning . You may possibly read history or biography , learn several languages , and become acquainted with botany , natural history , and ...
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Page 199 - And if ye call on the Father, who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear; forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation, received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot...
Page 376 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 286 - Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead ? " But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen.
Page 184 - How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Page 150 - And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Page 229 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 10 - Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition, upon, whom the ends of the world are come.
Page 247 - But when I saw that they walked not uprightly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter, before them all ; If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews...
Page 9 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.
Page 10 - Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them ; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.