Essays: On the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism : on Poetry and Music, as They Affect the Mind : on Laughter, and Ludicrous Composition : on the Utility of Classical Learning, Том 1William Creech, Edinburgh; and for E. & C. Dilly, and T. Cadell, London, 1776 - Всего страниц: 555 |
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... tion ; and , confequently , to difqualify man for action , and to render him ufelefs , and wretched . In a word , SCEPTICISM is now the profeffion of our fashionable inquirers into human nature ; a fcepticism that is not confined to ...
... tion ; and , confequently , to difqualify man for action , and to render him ufelefs , and wretched . In a word , SCEPTICISM is now the profeffion of our fashionable inquirers into human nature ; a fcepticism that is not confined to ...
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... tion , by which life and immortality have been brought to light . How then is this fcience to be learned ? In what manner are we to study human na- ture ? Doubtless by examining our own hearts and feelings , and by attending to the ...
... tion , by which life and immortality have been brought to light . How then is this fcience to be learned ? In what manner are we to study human na- ture ? Doubtless by examining our own hearts and feelings , and by attending to the ...
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... tion against them , if they were not easy and obvious . Physical and mathematical truths are often abftrufe ; but facts and experiments relating to the human mind , when expreffed in proper words , ought to be obvious to all . I find ...
... tion against them , if they were not easy and obvious . Physical and mathematical truths are often abftrufe ; but facts and experiments relating to the human mind , when expreffed in proper words , ought to be obvious to all . I find ...
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... tion , feems to be a general name for all the intellectual powers , as diftinguished from the fenfitive part of our conftitution . 2. Every thing that is called truth is faid to be percei- ved by reafon : by reafon , we are faid to ...
... tion , feems to be a general name for all the intellectual powers , as diftinguished from the fenfitive part of our conftitution . 2. Every thing that is called truth is faid to be percei- ved by reafon : by reafon , we are faid to ...
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... tion , and abfolute certainty , are thofe which depend upon the evidence of the ex- ternal fenfes ; Hearing , Seeing , Touching , Tafting , and Smelling . On this evidence is founded all our knowledge of external or ma- terial things ...
... tion , and abfolute certainty , are thofe which depend upon the evidence of the ex- ternal fenfes ; Hearing , Seeing , Touching , Tafting , and Smelling . On this evidence is founded all our knowledge of external or ma- terial things ...
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