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... motion , or familiarity of the object , or other causes . And again when the sense does apprehend a thing its apprehension is not much to be relied upon . For the testimony and information of the sense has reference always to man , not ...
... motion , or familiarity of the object , or other causes . And again when the sense does apprehend a thing its apprehension is not much to be relied upon . For the testimony and information of the sense has reference always to man , not ...
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... motion or guide it , so the instruments of the mind supply either suggestions for the understanding or cautions . III . Human knowledge and human power meet in one ; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced ...
... motion or guide it , so the instruments of the mind supply either suggestions for the understanding or cautions . III . Human knowledge and human power meet in one ; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced ...
Page 58
... motion through exceed- ingly small spaces ) is in like manner unobserved . And yet unless these two things just mentioned be searched out and brought to light , nothing great can be achieved in nature , as far as the production of works ...
... motion through exceed- ingly small spaces ) is in like manner unobserved . And yet unless these two things just mentioned be searched out and brought to light , nothing great can be achieved in nature , as far as the production of works ...
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... motion , or from an infusion of the affections , or from the incompetency of the senses , or from the mode of impression . LIII . The Idols of the Cave take their rise in the peculiar con- stitution , mental or bodily , of each ...
... motion , or from an infusion of the affections , or from the incompetency of the senses , or from the mode of impression . LIII . The Idols of the Cave take their rise in the peculiar con- stitution , mental or bodily , of each ...
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... motion ; and that which readily clings to another body and wets it ; and that which is easily reduced to a liquid , or being solid easily melts . Accordingly when you come to apply the word , —if you take it in one sense , flame is ...
... motion ; and that which readily clings to another body and wets it ; and that which is easily reduced to a liquid , or being solid easily melts . Accordingly when you come to apply the word , —if you take it in one sense , flame is ...
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