... accomplishment of effects astonishing by their magnitude, and by the complicated ingenuity they display, so, in the sciences, the observations and conjectures of obscure individuals on those subjects which are level to their capacities, and which... The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 143edited by - 1792Full view - About this book
| English literature - 1792 - 548 pages
...wlio combines thole fcalteied m.itei ials, and exhibits in his iyftem, not merely the force of a fmgle mind, but the intellectual power of the age in which he lives." " It is upon thefe laft confederations, much more than the efforts of original genius, that I would reft my hopes... | |
| Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1802 - 610 pages
...who combines thefe fcattered materials, and exhibits, in his fyftem, not merely the force of a fmgle mind, but the intellectual power of the age in which he lives. It is upon thefe laft confiderations, much more than «n the efforts of original genius, that I would reft my... | |
| Samuel Miller - Art, Modern - 1805 - 422 pages
...which are level to their capacities, and which fall under their own immediate notice, accumulate fora course of years; till at last some philosopher arises,...system, not merely the force of a single mind, but tht intellectual power of the age in which he lives." — Elements »f the Philosophy of the Human... | |
| Dugald Stewart - Human information processing - 1822 - 572 pages
...which are level to their capacities, and which fall under their own immediate notice, accumulate fora course of years, till at last, some philosopher arises,...of the age in which he lives. It is upon these last consideralions, much more than on the efforts of original genius, that I would rest my hopes of the... | |
| John Minter Morgan - Great Britain - 1830 - 276 pages
...crimes:* At first opposed, your banners now unfurl'd, Display this knowledge to an anxious world. * " In the sciences, the observations and conjectures...intellectual power of the age in which he lives."— DUGALD STEWART. — ' Nature and training only mould the mind, And mark the course to which you 're... | |
| Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1921 - 660 pages
...which are level to their capacities, and which fall under their own immediate notice, accumulate tor a course of years, till at last, some philosopher...his system, not merely the force of a single mind, bnt the intellectual power of the age in which he lives. It is upon these last considerations, much... | |
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