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... species , from the fpecies to the genus , and thence to the moft extensive orders and claffes , we arrive , though in a different way , at the knowledge of general truths , which , in a certain sense , are also fcien- tific , and answer ...
... species , from the fpecies to the genus , and thence to the moft extensive orders and claffes , we arrive , though in a different way , at the knowledge of general truths , which , in a certain sense , are also fcien- tific , and answer ...
Page 76
... species of demonftration termed by mathematicians , apa- gogical , as reducing the adverfary to what is contradictory or impracticable . This method feems to have been firft introduced into moral fubjects , and employed with fuccefs ...
... species of demonftration termed by mathematicians , apa- gogical , as reducing the adverfary to what is contradictory or impracticable . This method feems to have been firft introduced into moral fubjects , and employed with fuccefs ...
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... species , than whether it be juftly predicated of every violent thing . The application of what was faid on the first ex- ample to that now given , is fo obvious , that it would be lofing time to attempt further to il- luftrate it ...
... species , than whether it be juftly predicated of every violent thing . The application of what was faid on the first ex- ample to that now given , is fo obvious , that it would be lofing time to attempt further to il- luftrate it ...
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... species is found to depend . " This opinion , if I am able to comprehend it , differs only in one point from the preceding . It fuppofes the standard or law of beauty , not invariable and univerfal . It is liable to the fame objection ...
... species is found to depend . " This opinion , if I am able to comprehend it , differs only in one point from the preceding . It fuppofes the standard or law of beauty , not invariable and univerfal . It is liable to the fame objection ...
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... species of reasoning . THIS Conceffion , however , doth not imply , that by any reasoning we are ever taught that fuch an object ought to awaken fuch a paffion . This we must learn originally from feeling , not from argument . No ...
... species of reasoning . THIS Conceffion , however , doth not imply , that by any reasoning we are ever taught that fuch an object ought to awaken fuch a paffion . This we must learn originally from feeling , not from argument . No ...
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abftract addrefs affociation againſt alfo appear argument arifing becauſe Befides cafe caufe cauſe circumftances compariſon conclufion confequence confiderable confidered confifts contrary demonftration difcourfe diftinction diſcover doth effect eloquence evidence expreffed expreffion faid fame fatire fcience fecond feems fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve fhall fignified fimilar fince fingle firft firſt folely fome fometimes former forrow fpecies ftill ftyle fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe hath hearers himſelf Hudibras humour hypothefis idiom illuftrate imagination impoffible inftance itſelf juft kind laft language latter leaft leaſt lefs manner meaſure mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nerally obferved object occafion oppofite orator paffage paffions perfon perfpicuity perfuade perly phraſes pleaſure poffible pofition prefent prepofition principles purpoſe queftion Quintilian raiſed reafon refemblance refpect refults regard remarked ridicule ſenſe ſhould ſpeak ſpeaker term thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tium truth underſtanding univerfal uſe verb wherein whofe words worfe