The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of LogicDeare, 1813 - 352 páginas |
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... sometimes it lay by without growth , like a vegetable in the winter , and did not increase half so much in the revolution of a year . As these thoughts occurred to me in reading or meditation , or in my notices of the various ...
... sometimes it lay by without growth , like a vegetable in the winter , and did not increase half so much in the revolution of a year . As these thoughts occurred to me in reading or meditation , or in my notices of the various ...
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... sometimes on the puzzling enquiries concerning vacuums and atoms , the doctrine of infinites , indivisibles and incommensurables , in geometry , wherein there appear some insolvable difficulties : do this on purpose to give you a more ...
... sometimes on the puzzling enquiries concerning vacuums and atoms , the doctrine of infinites , indivisibles and incommensurables , in geometry , wherein there appear some insolvable difficulties : do this on purpose to give you a more ...
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... sometimes have sense enough to know their own foible , and therefore they craftily shun the attacks of argument , or boldly pretend to despise and renounce them , because they are conscious of their own ignorance , and inwardly confess ...
... sometimes have sense enough to know their own foible , and therefore they craftily shun the attacks of argument , or boldly pretend to despise and renounce them , because they are conscious of their own ignorance , and inwardly confess ...
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... sometimes unsupporta ble . Loosen • * . 13.Adogmatical spirit inclines a man to be censori- ous of his neighbours . Every one of his opinions appear to him written as it were with sun - beams , and he grows angry that his neighbour does ...
... sometimes unsupporta ble . Loosen • * . 13.Adogmatical spirit inclines a man to be censori- ous of his neighbours . Every one of his opinions appear to him written as it were with sun - beams , and he grows angry that his neighbour does ...
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... sometimes , if we have professed what we find afterwards to be false , we should never be ashamed nor afraid to renounce a mistake . That is a noble essay that is found among the occasional papers to encourage the world to practice ...
... sometimes , if we have professed what we find afterwards to be false , we should never be ashamed nor afraid to renounce a mistake . That is a noble essay that is found among the occasional papers to encourage the world to practice ...
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Página 237 - Sounds which address the ear are lost and die In one short hour; but that which strikes the eye Lives long upon the mind; the faithful sight Engraves the knowledge with a beam of light.
Página 193 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, H|l ft" Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Página 331 - To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of fiends; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
Página 122 - Take heed of affecting always to shine in company above the rest, and to display the riches of your own understanding or your oratory, as though you would render yourself admirable to all that are present. This is seldom well taken in polite company; much less should you use such forms of speech as should insinuate the ignorance or dulness of those with whom you converse.
Página 55 - General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room ; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.
Página 118 - He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Página 13 - DEEPLY possess your mind with the vast importance of a good judgment, and the rich and inestimable advantage of right reasoning. Review the instances of your own misconduct in life; think seriously with yourselves how many follies and sorrows you had escaped, and how much guilt and misery you...
Página 9 - No man is obliged to learn and know every thing ; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible : yet all persons are under some obligation to improve their own understanding; otherwise it will be a barren desert, or a forest overgrown with weeds and brambles. Universal ignorance or infinite errors will overspread the mind, which is utterly neglected, and lies without any cultivation.
Página 115 - ... so much from your sentiments, for you yourself are very desirous to be heard with patience by others who differ from you. Let not your thoughts be active and busy all the while to find out something to contradict, and by what means to oppose the speaker, especially in matters which are not brought to an issue. This is a frequent and unhappy temper and practice. You should rather be intent and solicitous to take up the mind and meaning of the speaker, zealous...