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Dugald Stewart. 2 PHILOSOPHY OF THE ACTIVE riety of means conspiring to a particular end . In examining this part of our constitution , my object is similar to what I had in view in the speculations in which we have last been engaged ...
Dugald Stewart. 2 PHILOSOPHY OF THE ACTIVE riety of means conspiring to a particular end . In examining this part of our constitution , my object is similar to what I had in view in the speculations in which we have last been engaged ...
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... particular thing , distinguishes it from " all things else , ) and of this rationale the several higher Thus the cause of the diapason or octave is the genera . proportion of two to one ; and more generally than that is " number , and ...
... particular thing , distinguishes it from " all things else , ) and of this rationale the several higher Thus the cause of the diapason or octave is the genera . proportion of two to one ; and more generally than that is " number , and ...
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... particular end ; inasmuch as , after being turned out of her ordinary course , she comes back to it again without any assistance from art . There are , too , a great variety of cases , particular- ly in the animal economy , in which we ...
... particular end ; inasmuch as , after being turned out of her ordinary course , she comes back to it again without any assistance from art . There are , too , a great variety of cases , particular- ly in the animal economy , in which we ...
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... particular arrangement , be neces- 66 sary . It seems often not to have been asked whe- " ther it be even useful in order to reduce it to prac " tice . It is sufficient that it be possible , that it de- stroy not the harmony of the ...
... particular arrangement , be neces- 66 sary . It seems often not to have been asked whe- " ther it be even useful in order to reduce it to prac " tice . It is sufficient that it be possible , that it de- stroy not the harmony of the ...
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... particular study , gives me much additional faith in their justness . " The intention of na- 66 ture , " ( he observes , ) can nowhere be so well learn- " ed as from comparative anatomy ; that is , if we " would understand physiology ...
... particular study , gives me much additional faith in their justness . " The intention of na- 66 ture , " ( he observes , ) can nowhere be so well learn- " ed as from comparative anatomy ; that is , if we " would understand physiology ...
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