The preceptor: containing a general course of education [ed. by R. Dodsley].1758 |
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... Experience we have of it in ourfelves , and fee whither the Chain of our own Thoughts will without Conftraint lead us . Perception . • V. FIRST then , we find ourselves furrounded with a Variety of Objects , which acting diffe- rently ...
... Experience we have of it in ourfelves , and fee whither the Chain of our own Thoughts will without Conftraint lead us . Perception . • V. FIRST then , we find ourselves furrounded with a Variety of Objects , which acting diffe- rently ...
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... experience within ourselves , we cannot afcribe to them Pro- perties or Ways of Knowledge , diftinct from those suggested to us by our own Consciousness . And hence it is , that though we readily own there may be various Ranks of ...
... experience within ourselves , we cannot afcribe to them Pro- perties or Ways of Knowledge , diftinct from those suggested to us by our own Consciousness . And hence it is , that though we readily own there may be various Ranks of ...
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... Experience is a Proof , how liable we are in thefe Cafes to be deceived . Juft fo it is in judging of Duration . When we carry back our Thoughts to any paft Period of our Lives , without Con- fideration of the Number of Years , or ...
... Experience is a Proof , how liable we are in thefe Cafes to be deceived . Juft fo it is in judging of Duration . When we carry back our Thoughts to any paft Period of our Lives , without Con- fideration of the Number of Years , or ...
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... Experience has taught him the Perception to which Men have annexed the Name Heat , it then becomes to him the Sign of that Idea , and he thence- forth understands the Meaning of a Term , which before , all the Words in the World would ...
... Experience has taught him the Perception to which Men have annexed the Name Heat , it then becomes to him the Sign of that Idea , and he thence- forth understands the Meaning of a Term , which before , all the Words in the World would ...
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... Experience , from t feveral Objects of Nature , proper to produce those Perception Words indeed may very well ferve to remind us them , if they have already found Admiffion into the derstanding , and their Connection with the ...
... Experience , from t feveral Objects of Nature , proper to produce those Perception Words indeed may very well ferve to remind us them , if they have already found Admiffion into the derstanding , and their Connection with the ...
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abfolute Affections againſt alfo almoft alſo anfwering Aqua Regia arife becauſe befides beft Cafe called Caufe cife Clafs common Conclufion Confequences confiderable confidered confifts Conftitution Connection Copula Creature Defire Demonftration difcern difcover Difpofition diftinct diftinguish Diſcovery Divifion Duties eafy eſtabliſhed Exercife exift exprefs faid fame fecond feem felves ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fimple Ideas fince fingle firft firſt fmall fome fometimes Form ftand ftill fuch fufficient fuppofe furniſhed greateſt Happineſs Hence higheſt himſelf human Inftances Intereft itſelf juft kind Knowledge laft leaft lefs likewife Logicians manner meaſure Mind moft Moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffarily neceffary Notions Number obferve Objects Occafions ourſelves Paffions particular Perceptions Perfons Pleaſure poffible Power prefent Propofitions Purpoſe raiſed Reafon refpect reft refult reprefent rife Science Senfe Species Subject Syftem Syllogifms thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe thouſand tion Truth Underſtanding univerfal uſeful vaft Virtue whofe
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