Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a Text BookJ. Griffin, 1826 - 200 páginas |
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... Philosophy , as it exists at the present day , evidently ought not to be estimated by what it was in the scholastick ages . If , therefore , the pre- judice , which has been mentioned as prevailing against this 10 UTILITY OF.
... Philosophy , as it exists at the present day , evidently ought not to be estimated by what it was in the scholastick ages . If , therefore , the pre- judice , which has been mentioned as prevailing against this 10 UTILITY OF.
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... evidently exists to the study of other sciences , for instance , Natural Philosophy . It is remarked of savages , that they gain an eminence before they throw their missile weapons , in order by the aid of such a position to increase ...
... evidently exists to the study of other sciences , for instance , Natural Philosophy . It is remarked of savages , that they gain an eminence before they throw their missile weapons , in order by the aid of such a position to increase ...
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... evidently involves what is termed a petitio principii or begging of the question . It is easy to perceive , that the very thing to be proved is assumed . COGITO is equivalent to the proposition , I am a thinking being ; and ERGO SUM may ...
... evidently involves what is termed a petitio principii or begging of the question . It is easy to perceive , that the very thing to be proved is assumed . COGITO is equivalent to the proposition , I am a thinking being ; and ERGO SUM may ...
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... evidently failed him in this instance . The argument of Des Cartes was unsuccessful , and no one , who has attempt- ed to prove the same point , has succeeded any better . It is necessary to take different ground from that taken by this ...
... evidently failed him in this instance . The argument of Des Cartes was unsuccessful , and no one , who has attempt- ed to prove the same point , has succeeded any better . It is necessary to take different ground from that taken by this ...
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... evidently can be no argument , properly so called , unless there be a succession of distinct propositions . From such a succession of propositions , no conclusion can be drawn by any one , unless he be willing to trust to the evi- dence ...
... evidently can be no argument , properly so called , unless there be a succession of distinct propositions . From such a succession of propositions , no conclusion can be drawn by any one , unless he be willing to trust to the evi- dence ...
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