Essays: With Annotations by Richard Whately |
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... men's business and bosoms . ' In the Pure and in the Physical Sciences , ' says an able writer in the Edinburgh Review , ' each generation inherits the conquests made by its predecessors . No mathematician . has to redemonstrate the ...
... men's business and bosoms . ' In the Pure and in the Physical Sciences , ' says an able writer in the Edinburgh Review , ' each generation inherits the conquests made by its predecessors . No mathematician . has to redemonstrate the ...
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... men take in finding out of truth ; nor again , that , when it is found , it imposeth3 upon men's thoughts , that doth bring lies in favour ; but a natural , though corrupt love of the lie itself . One of the later schools of the ...
... men take in finding out of truth ; nor again , that , when it is found , it imposeth3 upon men's thoughts , that doth bring lies in favour ; but a natural , though corrupt love of the lie itself . One of the later schools of the ...
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... men's minds vain opinions , flattering hopes , false valuations , imaginations as one would , ' and the like , but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things , full of melancholy and indisposi- tion , and ...
... men's minds vain opinions , flattering hopes , false valuations , imaginations as one would , ' and the like , but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things , full of melancholy and indisposi- tion , and ...
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... men's opinions furnishes a proof how many must be mistaken . If any one , then , would guard against mistake , as ... men are preoccupied by some feeling or other which influences their judgment ( either on the side of truth or of error ...
... men's opinions furnishes a proof how many must be mistaken . If any one , then , would guard against mistake , as ... men are preoccupied by some feeling or other which influences their judgment ( either on the side of truth or of error ...
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... men . ' Courage , liberality , activity , and other good qualities , are often highly prized by those who do not possess ... men's depraved judgments and affections , it teacheth that the inquiry of Truth , which is the love - making or ...
... men . ' Courage , liberality , activity , and other good qualities , are often highly prized by those who do not possess ... men's depraved judgments and affections , it teacheth that the inquiry of Truth , which is the love - making or ...
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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