An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of OpinionBoD – Books on Demand, 20 нояб. 2023 г. - Всего страниц: 332 Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. |
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CONTENTS | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 7 |
Derivation of opinions from authority in matters of practice | 13 |
Qualifications of an authority in matters of opinion | 19 |
Differences of opinion as to the tradition of true doctrines from | 54 |
Differences of opinion between Roman Catholics and Protestants as | 60 |
In the absence of a general agreement the authority of each church | 70 |
12 | 77 |
The value of proverbs as the expression of popular opinion | 122 |
Importance of numerical preponderance as a fact | 124 |
Its importance in political affairs 125 | 125 |
In language | 126 |
But the popular taste is not the criterion of excellence in the arts | 128 |
The control of public opinion over individuals in matters of taste ought to be exercised leniently | 130 |
CHAPTER VII | 132 |
NOTES to Chapter VII | 166 |
cular confession | 85 |
Mode of obtaining advice in the purchase of goods | 87 |
Advice in joint deliberation | 88 |
Deliberation relates to the future Extent of our powers of prediction | 91 |
The advice of competent judges assists in determining the future and guiding action | 98 |
The superstitious reject such advice and seek to determine the future by means of divination | 99 |
Duty of counsellors to give honest advice | 100 |
NOTE to Chapter V | 107 |
CHAPTER VI | 110 |
The authority of each competent judge is limited to his own class of subjects | 113 |
Everybody is a competent judge on some subject | 115 |
The prevalence of an opinion is not a proof of its soundness | 116 |
Circumstances which give weight to a prevalent opinion | 118 |
A high degree of knowledge and virtue cannot be formed by the aggre gation of numerous individuals of ordinary qualities | 121 |
Objections to this theory as applied to government | 175 |
Especially through the system of political representation | 183 |
The representative system of government is founded on a compromise | 191 |
ON THE PROPAGATION OF SOUND OPINIONS BY THE CREATION | 197 |
By reward | 204 |
By public instruction | 211 |
Power of the state to promote truth in secular matters by literary | 218 |
A government may countenance sound opinions by upholding good | 224 |
Political parties | 233 |
Reviews and literary journals Transactions of learned societies | 245 |
APPENDIX | 279 |
Necessity of caution in laying down general propositions respecting | 289 |
Extent to which an independent opinion can be foruted by each person | 305 |
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An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion Sir George Cornewall Lewis Полный просмотр - 1875 |
An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion Sir George Cornewall Lewis Полный просмотр - 1875 |
An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion Sir George Cornewall Lewis Полный просмотр - 1875 |
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