The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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... imagination ib . • SECT . III . As endowed with memory 161 SECT . IV . As endowed with passions 165 SECT . V. The circumstances that are chiefly instrumental in operating on the passions .. • • 173 Part I. Probability 174 Part II ...
... imagination ib . • SECT . III . As endowed with memory 161 SECT . IV . As endowed with passions 165 SECT . V. The circumstances that are chiefly instrumental in operating on the passions .. • • 173 Part I. Probability 174 Part II ...
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... imagination . He in this resembles the man of science , that he acts systematically , for there are false as well as true theorists , and is influenced by certain general propositions , real or imaginary . But the difference lies here ...
... imagination . He in this resembles the man of science , that he acts systematically , for there are false as well as true theorists , and is influenced by certain general propositions , real or imaginary . But the difference lies here ...
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... imagination . It is also in the human mind that we must investigate the source of some of the useful arts . Logic , whose end is the dis- covery of truth , is founded in the doctrine of the un- derstanding ; and ethics , ( under which ...
... imagination . It is also in the human mind that we must investigate the source of some of the useful arts . Logic , whose end is the dis- covery of truth , is founded in the doctrine of the un- derstanding ; and ethics , ( under which ...
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... imagination . Thereby it not only pleases , but by pleasing commands atten- tion , rouses the passions , and often at last subdues the most stubborn resolution . It is also a useful art . This is certainly the case , if the power of ...
... imagination . Thereby it not only pleases , but by pleasing commands atten- tion , rouses the passions , and often at last subdues the most stubborn resolution . It is also a useful art . This is certainly the case , if the power of ...
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... imagination , and a certain readiness in language , a more thorough investigation of the latent energies , if I may thus express myself , whereby the instruments employed by eloquence produce their effect upon the hearers , will serve ...
... imagination , and a certain readiness in language , a more thorough investigation of the latent energies , if I may thus express myself , whereby the instruments employed by eloquence produce their effect upon the hearers , will serve ...
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