The preceptor: containing a general course of education [ed. by R. Dodsley].1758 |
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... tion from our intuitive Perceptions , and ultimately found- ed on them . Thus in the Cafe before - mentioned , having found by meafuring , that one of the Fields makes three- feore fquare Yards , and the other only fifty - five , we ...
... tion from our intuitive Perceptions , and ultimately found- ed on them . Thus in the Cafe before - mentioned , having found by meafuring , that one of the Fields makes three- feore fquare Yards , and the other only fifty - five , we ...
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... tion . II . Now if we take a Survey of these Ideas , and their feveral Divifions and Claffes , we fhall find them all fuggefted to us , either by our Senfes , or the Attention of the Mind to what paffes within itself . Thus our Notices ...
... tion . II . Now if we take a Survey of these Ideas , and their feveral Divifions and Claffes , we fhall find them all fuggefted to us , either by our Senfes , or the Attention of the Mind to what paffes within itself . Thus our Notices ...
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... tion . V. IF this be duly attended to , it will not appear wonderful to affert , that the Variety of material Subftances , arifes wholly from the diffe- rent Configuration , Size , Texture , and Motion of the minute Parts . As thefe ...
... tion . V. IF this be duly attended to , it will not appear wonderful to affert , that the Variety of material Subftances , arifes wholly from the diffe- rent Configuration , Size , Texture , and Motion of the minute Parts . As thefe ...
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... tion of Number , by that ready Comprehenfion of all the feveral Stages in a Progreffion , which peculiarly belongs to Ideas of this Clafs . this , as I have before intimated , we derive from the orderly Series and Connection of Names ...
... tion of Number , by that ready Comprehenfion of all the feveral Stages in a Progreffion , which peculiarly belongs to Ideas of this Clafs . this , as I have before intimated , we derive from the orderly Series and Connection of Names ...
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... tion of Number . The more obvious and limited Portions , it is true , eafily flide into the Mind in the natural Way of Perception ; but it was the Neceffity of comparing thefe together , that put us upon the Contrivance of certain ...
... tion of Number . The more obvious and limited Portions , it is true , eafily flide into the Mind in the natural Way of Perception ; but it was the Neceffity of comparing thefe together , that put us upon the Contrivance of certain ...
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