Logic: or, The right use of reason in the enquiry after truth |
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... distinct know- ledge of them . As it regulates our judgment and our reafoning , fo it fecures us from miftakes , and gives us a true and certain knowledge of things ; and as it fur- nishes us with method , fo it makes our knowledge of ...
... distinct know- ledge of them . As it regulates our judgment and our reafoning , fo it fecures us from miftakes , and gives us a true and certain knowledge of things ; and as it fur- nishes us with method , fo it makes our knowledge of ...
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... distinct being , different from folid quantity or extenfion in bo- dies , and different from a power of thinking in fpirits , in my opinion it is the introduction of a needlefs , fcholastical notion into the real nature of things , and ...
... distinct being , different from folid quantity or extenfion in bo- dies , and different from a power of thinking in fpirits , in my opinion it is the introduction of a needlefs , fcholastical notion into the real nature of things , and ...
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... fubstances , becaufe fome of the ancients fuppofed herbs and plants , beasts and birds , & c . to have a fort of fouls distinct from matter or body . principles of another fort of life and growth , and 22 PART I. LOGIC : Or ,
... fubstances , becaufe fome of the ancients fuppofed herbs and plants , beasts and birds , & c . to have a fort of fouls distinct from matter or body . principles of another fort of life and growth , and 22 PART I. LOGIC : Or ,
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... distinct kind of idea framed in the mind , to represent our most ge- neral conceptions of things , or their relations to one another , without any regard to their natures , whether they be corporeal or fpiritual . And , ( 2. ) the fame ...
... distinct kind of idea framed in the mind , to represent our most ge- neral conceptions of things , or their relations to one another , without any regard to their natures , whether they be corporeal or fpiritual . And , ( 2. ) the fame ...
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... distinct idea of each ; but when we look far toward the horizon , efpecially in a mifty day , our ideas of both are but obfcure and confused ; for we know not which is fea and which is fky . So when we look at the colours of the rainbow ...
... distinct idea of each ; but when we look far toward the horizon , efpecially in a mifty day , our ideas of both are but obfcure and confused ; for we know not which is fea and which is fky . So when we look at the colours of the rainbow ...
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affent affirmative alfo alſo animal argument arife becauſe believe body cafes called caufe cauſe chriftian clear and diftinct compofed conclufion confefs confider copula define definition difcourfe diftinct diftinguish diftribution divifion divine effence effential evidence expreffed faid faith falfe fame fcience fcripture fearch fecond feem fenfation fenfe fenſe fentiments feveral fhall fhape fhew fhould fide fignify fimple fince fingle firft folid fome fomething fometimes foul fpeak fpecial fpecies fpirit fprings fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fyllo fyllogifms genus himſelf human ideas inftance itſelf judge judgment juft juſt learned lefs logic matters middle term mind miſtakes modes moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion ourſelves paffions particular perfons philofophers poffible pofitive predicate prefent prejudices proper properties propofition reafon religion rules SECT ſenſe ſuch teftimony thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion true truth ufually underſtand univerfal uſed whatſoever wherein whofe words
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Page 70 - Use the most proper methods to retain that treasure of ideas which you have acquired; for the mind is ready to let many of them slip, unless some pains and labor be taken to fix them upon the memory.
Page 69 - God and yourselves ; learn animal nature, and the workings of your own spirits. Such a general acquaintance with things will be of very great advantage.
Page 9 - Reason is the glory of human nature, and one of the chief eminences whereby we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes, in this lower world.
Page 66 - ... them. A ballad, once signified a solemn and sacred song, as well as one that is trivial* when Solomon's song was called the ballad of ballads : but now it is applied to nothing but trifling verse, or comical subjects.
Page 142 - Certainty, according to the schools, is distinguished into objective and subjective. Objective certainty, is when the proposition is certainly true in itself; and subjective, when we are certain of the truth of it. The one is in things, the other is in our minds.
Page 144 - As we learn what belongs to the body by the evidence of sense, so we learn what belongs to the soul by an inward consciousness, which may be called a sort of internal feeling, or spiritual sensation of what passes in the mind; as, 'I think before I speak...
Page 235 - When the consequent is contradicted in the minor proposition, that the antecedent may be contradicted in the conclusion : as, If atheists are in the right, then the world exists without a cause; but the world does not exist without a cause ; therefore, atheists...
Page 89 - ... the alteration ; for when any word has been used to signify an idea, that old idea will recur in the mind, when the word is heard or read, rather than any new idea which we may fasten to it. And this is one reason why the received definition of names should be changed as little as possible.
Page 147 - According as the persons that inform us of anything are many or few, or more or less wise, and faithful, and credible, so our faith is more or less firm or wavering, and the proposition believed is either certain or doubtful ; but in matters of faith, an exceeding great probability is called a moral certainty...
Page 72 - To shorten something of this labor, if the books which you read are your own, mark with a pen, or pencil, the most considerable things in them which you desire to remember. Thus you may read that book the second time over with half the trouble, by your eye running over the paragraphs which your pencil has noted...