 | P. J. Clarke - Religion - 2001 - 216 pages
...there, l might possibly answer, that, for anything l knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever; nor would it, perhaps, be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose l found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place.... | |
 | Michael F. Palmer - Cosmology - 2001 - 388 pages
...stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer, that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever: nor would it pethaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the... | |
 | Karl Giberson, Donald A. Yerxa - History - 2002 - 292 pages
...stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there, 1 might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there forever: nor...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place, I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | Anne Jordan, Neil Lockyer, Edwin Tate - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2002 - 246 pages
...yourself of the meaning of analogy, by kx>king back at Chapter 2 (page 17). had lain there for ever; nor would it, perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place, I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | Richard Maxwell - Art - 2002 - 484 pages
...stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there; I might possibly answer, that, for anything I know to the contrary, it had lain there forever: nor would...to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place;... | |
 | Michael Shermer - Science - 2002 - 448 pages
...there; I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer." He then contrasts this with a more complex example that logically would seem to require a different... | |
 | Timothy A. Robinson - Philosophy - 2002 - 452 pages
...a stone and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer that for anything I knew to the contrary it had lain there forever; nor...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place, I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | Marcello Barbieri - Medical - 2003 - 320 pages
...there; I might possibly answer that, for anything I knew to the contrary, it had lain therefor ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place; I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | Charles Darwin - History - 2003 - 676 pages
...there; I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place; I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
 | John A. Moore - Science - 2002 - 243 pages
...there; I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity...had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place; I should hardly think of the answer which I had... | |
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I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever ; nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place : I should... 
