A Treatise on the Conduct of the UnderstandingS. Andrus & son, 1849 - 132 من الصفحات |
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... custom of taking up with principles that are not self - evident , and very often not so much as true . It is not unusual to see men rest their opinions upon founda- tions that have no more certainty and solidity than the propositions ...
... custom of taking up with principles that are not self - evident , and very often not so much as true . It is not unusual to see men rest their opinions upon founda- tions that have no more certainty and solidity than the propositions ...
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... custom , and think they must maintain them , or all is gone ; though they have never examined the ground they stand on , nor have ever made them out to them- selves , or can make them out to others : we should contend earnestly for the ...
... custom , and think they must maintain them , or all is gone ; though they have never examined the ground they stand on , nor have ever made them out to them- selves , or can make them out to others : we should contend earnestly for the ...
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... custom , and want of use and attention lead men into , are misapplica- tions of the understanding in the search of truth . In every question the nature and man- ner of the proof it is capable of should be con- sidered , to make our ...
... custom , and want of use and attention lead men into , are misapplica- tions of the understanding in the search of truth . In every question the nature and man- ner of the proof it is capable of should be con- sidered , to make our ...
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... custom and exercise have made it familiar it will be despatched , on most occasions , without resting or inter- ruption in the course of our reading . The motions and views of a mind exercised that way are wonderfully quick ; and a man ...
... custom and exercise have made it familiar it will be despatched , on most occasions , without resting or inter- ruption in the course of our reading . The motions and views of a mind exercised that way are wonderfully quick ; and a man ...
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... custom of arguing on any side , even against our persuasions , dims the understanding , and makes it by degrees lose the faculty of discerning clearly between truth and falsehood , and so of adhering to the right side . It is not safe ...
... custom of arguing on any side , even against our persuasions , dims the understanding , and makes it by degrees lose the faculty of discerning clearly between truth and falsehood , and so of adhering to the right side . It is not safe ...
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