Logic,or The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry After Truth: With a Variety of Rules to Guard Against Error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life,as Well as in the Sciences |
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... belong to their na tures .. SECT . III . OF MODES , AND THEIR VARIOUS KINDS , AND FIRST OF ESSENTIAL AND ACCIDENTAL MODES . THE next fort of objects which are represented in our ideas , are called modes or manners of being . * A mode is ...
... belong to their na tures .. SECT . III . OF MODES , AND THEIR VARIOUS KINDS , AND FIRST OF ESSENTIAL AND ACCIDENTAL MODES . THE next fort of objects which are represented in our ideas , are called modes or manners of being . * A mode is ...
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... , yet it is ufed in common language to finify thefe four forts of modes ; of which fome are effentia , and fome accidental . ..... See preceding Note , 1. Such as belong to every subject of that kind 20 PART I. LOGIC : OR , THE.
... , yet it is ufed in common language to finify thefe four forts of modes ; of which fome are effentia , and fome accidental . ..... See preceding Note , 1. Such as belong to every subject of that kind 20 PART I. LOGIC : OR , THE.
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... belong to all gold , but not only to gold ; for faffron is alfo yellow , and lead is ductile . 2. Such as belong only to one kind of subject , but not to every fubject of that kind . So , learning , reading , and writing , are ...
... belong to all gold , but not only to gold ; for faffron is alfo yellow , and lead is ductile . 2. Such as belong only to one kind of subject , but not to every fubject of that kind . So , learning , reading , and writing , are ...
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... belong either to body or to fpirit , or to both . Modes of body belong only to matter or to corporeal beings ; and these are shape , fize , fituation or place , & c . Modes of fpirit belong only to minds ; fuch are knowledge , affent ...
... belong either to body or to fpirit , or to both . Modes of body belong only to matter or to corporeal beings ; and these are shape , fize , fituation or place , & c . Modes of fpirit belong only to minds ; fuch are knowledge , affent ...
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... belong to va- rious beings , and are copiously treated of in general , in the fcience called Metaphyfics , or , more properly Ontology : They are alfo treated of , in particular , in thofe fciences which have affumed them severally as ...
... belong to va- rious beings , and are copiously treated of in general , in the fcience called Metaphyfics , or , more properly Ontology : They are alfo treated of , in particular , in thofe fciences which have affumed them severally as ...
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abftracted affent affift affirmative againſt alfo alſo animal argument arife becauſe body cafes called caufe cauſe CHAP Chriftian compofed conclufion confeffed confider copula cuſtom defign difcourfe diftinct diftribution diſcourſe diſtinguiſh divifion divine effence effential equivocal evidence exiſtence expreffed extenfion faid falfe fame fcience fearch feem fenfation fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhape fhew fhould fide fignify fimple fingle firft firſt folid fome fometimes fophifm foul fpecies fpirit fprings fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe fyllo fyllogifms himſelf ideas inftance itſelf judge judgment juft juſt knowledge learned logic matter method middle term mind miſtakes modes moft moſt muſt nature neceffary obfcure Obferv objects occafion ourſelves paffions particular perfons philofophers poffible pofitive predicate prefent prejudices proper properties propofed propofition queſtion reafon reprefented rules SECT ſenſe ſeveral ſome ſubſtance ſuch teftimony thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion true truth underſtanding univerfal uſe whatſoever wherein whofe words
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Page 121 - 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 6 - God to all men ; though all are not favoured with it by nature in an equal degree : But the acquired improvements of it, in different men, make a much greater di (Unction between them than nature had made.
Page 202 - I take a third line c, or an inch, and apply it to each of them ; if it agree with them both, then I infer that A and B are equal : but if it agree with one and not with the other, then I conclude A and B are unequal : if it agree with neither of them, there can be no comparison. " So if the question be, whether God must be worshipped...
Page 44 - TC'URNISH yourself ^with a rich variety £• of ideas ; acquaint yourselves with things ancient and modern; things natural, civil and religious ; things domestic a'nd national ; things of your native land, and of foreign countries ; things present, past, and future...
Page 218 - After a considerable time Protagoras goes to law with Euathlus for the reward, and uses this dilemma : ' Either the cause will go on my side, or on yours : if the cause...
Page 47 - 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...
Page 45 - ... visit other cities and countries when you have seen your own, under the care of one who can teach you to profit by travelling, and to make wise observations ; indulge a just curiosity in seeing the wonders of art and nature ; search into...
Page 126 - Inspiration is a sort of evidence distinct from all the former, and that is, when such an overpowering impression of any proposition is made upon the mind by God himself, that gives a convincing and indubitable evidence of the truth and divinity of it : so were the prophets and the apostles inspired*.
Page 9 - God will one time or another make a difference between the good and the evil ; but there is little or no difference made in this world ; therefore there must be another world wherein this difference shall be made.
Page 36 - Bitter is alfo fuch an equivocal word ; there is bitter wormwood, there are bitter words, there are bitter enemies, and a bitter cold -morning.