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... Socrates , and an eminent phi- losopher himself . He was also a good soldier . ARNOLD . 1. The first action in which Hannibal was engaged in Italy was that on the Ticinus . He here defeated the Roman army under Scipio . His next ...
... Socrates , and an eminent phi- losopher himself . He was also a good soldier . ARNOLD . 1. The first action in which Hannibal was engaged in Italy was that on the Ticinus . He here defeated the Roman army under Scipio . His next ...
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... Socrates . In what did his singular merit consist ? To whom are we indebted for our knowledge of him ? What kind of education was in his time most gener- ally sought at Athens , and why ? To what sect of teachers did this de- mand give ...
... Socrates . In what did his singular merit consist ? To whom are we indebted for our knowledge of him ? What kind of education was in his time most gener- ally sought at Athens , and why ? To what sect of teachers did this de- mand give ...
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... Socrates is a man therefore Socrates is mortal we infer rather interpret our note and shew that it includes the particular case of Socrates being mortal . The inference however is finished when we have formed the major premise and is ...
... Socrates is a man therefore Socrates is mortal we infer rather interpret our note and shew that it includes the particular case of Socrates being mortal . The inference however is finished when we have formed the major premise and is ...
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... Socrates is mortal by the following syllogism : - All men are Socrates is mortal Therefore Socrates is mortal . This difference ought to be kept in mind , that from one set of particular propositions we could never infer more than one ...
... Socrates is mortal by the following syllogism : - All men are Socrates is mortal Therefore Socrates is mortal . This difference ought to be kept in mind , that from one set of particular propositions we could never infer more than one ...
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... Socrates is mortal . " The mortality of A , B , C & c . is after all the only evidence for infering the mortality of Socrates . Hence we do reason from particulars to par- ticulars . ANSWER 12 . Previous to the time of Bacon , all that ...
... Socrates is mortal . " The mortality of A , B , C & c . is after all the only evidence for infering the mortality of Socrates . Hence we do reason from particulars to par- ticulars . ANSWER 12 . Previous to the time of Bacon , all that ...
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