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... argument , or boldly pretend to despise and renounce them ; because they are conscious of their own ignorance , and in- wardly confess their want of acquaintance with the skill of reasoning . V. As you are not to fancy yourself a ...
... argument , or boldly pretend to despise and renounce them ; because they are conscious of their own ignorance , and in- wardly confess their want of acquaintance with the skill of reasoning . V. As you are not to fancy yourself a ...
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... argument . Positivo is a man of this character , and has often pronounced his assurance of the Cartesian vortexes : last year some further light broke in upon his understanding , with uncontrollable force , by reading something of ...
... argument . Positivo is a man of this character , and has often pronounced his assurance of the Cartesian vortexes : last year some further light broke in upon his understanding , with uncontrollable force , by reading something of ...
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... argument , and searches and finds deep and difficult truths , which before lay concealed in darkness . It would be a needless thing to prove that our own solitary meditations , together with the few observations that the most part of ...
... argument , and searches and finds deep and difficult truths , which before lay concealed in darkness . It would be a needless thing to prove that our own solitary meditations , together with the few observations that the most part of ...
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... arguments to support them , but it is our own study and reasoning that must determine whether these propositions are true , and whether these arguments are just and solid . It is confest there are a thousand things which our eyes have ...
... arguments to support them , but it is our own study and reasoning that must determine whether these propositions are true , and whether these arguments are just and solid . It is confest there are a thousand things which our eyes have ...
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... argument weak , en- deavour to confirm it by better proofs ; where he derives or infers any propositions darkly or doubtfully , make the justice of the inference appear , and add further inferences or corollaries , if such occur to your ...
... argument weak , en- deavour to confirm it by better proofs ; where he derives or infers any propositions darkly or doubtfully , make the justice of the inference appear , and add further inferences or corollaries , if such occur to your ...
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Page 7 - 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...
Page 143 - Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Page 106 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 94 - If the mind apply itself at first to easier subjects and things near akin to what is already known, and then advance to the more remote and knotty parts of knowledge by slow degrees, it will be able in this manner to cope with great difficulties, and prevail over them with amazing and happy success.
Page 65 - He that answereth a matter before he heareth it it is folly and shame unto him.
Page 21 - ... maturity. 4. It is another advantage of reading, that we may review what we have read ; we may consult the page again and again, and meditate on it at successive seasons, in our serenest and retired hours, having the book always at hand...
Page 31 - 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.