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... sensu præditis , 66 66 66 * It has been thought by some that this passage of Cicero may have perhaps suggested the first idea of the art of Print- ing by means of moveable types . 66 66 66 AND MORAL POWERS OF MAN . 17.
... sensu præditis , 66 66 66 * It has been thought by some that this passage of Cicero may have perhaps suggested the first idea of the art of Print- ing by means of moveable types . 66 66 66 AND MORAL POWERS OF MAN . 17.
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... no injustice to Philo's reasoning , appears from a remarkable passage which occurs in a subsequent part of the dialogue , where , in my opinion , he yields without 22 PHILOSOPHY OF THE ACTIVE reserve the only point for.
... no injustice to Philo's reasoning , appears from a remarkable passage which occurs in a subsequent part of the dialogue , where , in my opinion , he yields without 22 PHILOSOPHY OF THE ACTIVE reserve the only point for.
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... passage I allude to , premising only , that , for this memorable concession , ( so contrary in its spirit to the sceptical cavils of the ancient Epicu- reans , ) we are chiefly indebted to the lustre thrown on the order of nature by the ...
... passage I allude to , premising only , that , for this memorable concession , ( so contrary in its spirit to the sceptical cavils of the ancient Epicu- reans , ) we are chiefly indebted to the lustre thrown on the order of nature by the ...
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... passage is taken is com- posed in the form of a dialogue , I do not feel myself entitled to suppose that it expresses Mr Hume's own opinion , more par- ticularly as he has introduced the section with the following paragraph . " I was ...
... passage is taken is com- posed in the form of a dialogue , I do not feel myself entitled to suppose that it expresses Mr Hume's own opinion , more par- ticularly as he has introduced the section with the following paragraph . " I was ...
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... passage I quote with the greater confidence , as I find that the most eminent and ori- ginal physiologist of the present age has been led , by his enlightened researches concerning the laws of the animal economy , into a train of ...
... passage I quote with the greater confidence , as I find that the most eminent and ori- ginal physiologist of the present age has been led , by his enlightened researches concerning the laws of the animal economy , into a train of ...
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