Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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... contrary , represent them as fit only to furnish occasionally a motto for a book , a theme for a school - boy's exercise , or a copy for children learning to write . To me , both these opinions appear erroneous . ' That Proverbs are not ...
... contrary , represent them as fit only to furnish occasionally a motto for a book , a theme for a school - boy's exercise , or a copy for children learning to write . To me , both these opinions appear erroneous . ' That Proverbs are not ...
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... contrary of that which it is , ' Hegel opposes his own logic , according to which ' everything is at once that which it is , and the contrary of that which it is . ' By means of this he advances a priori ; he proposes a thesis , from ...
... contrary of that which it is , ' Hegel opposes his own logic , according to which ' everything is at once that which it is , and the contrary of that which it is . ' By means of this he advances a priori ; he proposes a thesis , from ...
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... contrary , will always seem less deep than it is , both from the well - known law of refraction , and also because it is so thoroughly penetrated by the sight . Men fancy that an idea must have been always obvious to every one , when ...
... contrary , will always seem less deep than it is , both from the well - known law of refraction , and also because it is so thoroughly penetrated by the sight . Men fancy that an idea must have been always obvious to every one , when ...
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... contrary , of some admired writers , may be compared to a fog - bank at sea , which the navigator at first glance takes for a chain of majestic mountains , but which , when approached closely , or when viewed through a good glass ...
... contrary , of some admired writers , may be compared to a fog - bank at sea , which the navigator at first glance takes for a chain of majestic mountains , but which , when approached closely , or when viewed through a good glass ...
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... contrary direction . There is in some minds an unrea- sonable doubt in cases where their wishes are strong — a morbid distrust of evidence which they are especially anxious to find conclusive . The proverbial expression of ' too good ...
... contrary direction . There is in some minds an unrea- sonable doubt in cases where their wishes are strong — a morbid distrust of evidence which they are especially anxious to find conclusive . The proverbial expression of ' too good ...
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Common terms and phrases
advantage Æneid ancient ANNOTATIONS ANTITHETA Aristotle atheists Augustus Cæsar Bacon believe better Bishop Butler Cæsar called cause character christian Church common commonly contrary counsel course cunning danger desire divine doctrine doth doubt Edinburgh Review effect envy Epicurus error ESSAY evil favour fear feel Galba give hath helotism Henry VII honour human important infallible instance judgment Julius Cæsar keep kind king labour less maketh man's matter means men's ment merely mind moral nature never object observed opinion opposite party perceive perhaps persons political Pompey practice princes principle profess racter reason regard religion religious remarkable Roman Roman Catholic saith Scripture seditions sense side sometimes speak superstition supposed sure Tacitus things thou thought tion true truth unto usury Vespasian virtue wealth wisdom wise word