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, Volume 1William Creech, Edinburgh; and for E. & C. Dilly, and T. Cadell, London, 1776 - Classical education - 555 pages |
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Page 261
... dispute already too bulky . My intention is , to treat the doctrine of neceffity as I treated that of the non - existence of matter ; by enquiring , whe- ther the one be not , as well as the other , contrary to common fenfe , and ...
... dispute already too bulky . My intention is , to treat the doctrine of neceffity as I treated that of the non - existence of matter ; by enquiring , whe- ther the one be not , as well as the other , contrary to common fenfe , and ...
Page 266
... dispute not about epithets ; if you will have it , that genius consisteth in the art of putting words together fo as to form abfurd propofitions , I have nothing more to fay . Others will admire this doc- trine , because the words by ...
... dispute not about epithets ; if you will have it , that genius consisteth in the art of putting words together fo as to form abfurd propofitions , I have nothing more to fay . Others will admire this doc- trine , because the words by ...
Page 340
... dispute , they are apt to o- verlook altogether . Some men will always be found , who think the most abfurd preju- dices founded in common fenfe . Reafon- able men never scruple to submit their preju- dices or principles to examination ...
... dispute , they are apt to o- verlook altogether . Some men will always be found , who think the most abfurd preju- dices founded in common fenfe . Reafon- able men never scruple to submit their preju- dices or principles to examination ...
Page 346
... dispute , and fits him , not indeed for discovering truth , but for baffling an adverfary , and fup- porting a fyftem . I have been told , that Newton , the first time he read Euclid's Elements , perceived inftantly , inftantly , and ...
... dispute , and fits him , not indeed for discovering truth , but for baffling an adverfary , and fup- porting a fyftem . I have been told , that Newton , the first time he read Euclid's Elements , perceived inftantly , inftantly , and ...
Page 354
... dispute about the word ; but I infift on it , that all fuch philofophy is no better than pedantic nonfenfe ; and that , if a man were to write a book , to prove , that fire is the element in which we ought to live , he would not act ...
... dispute about the word ; but I infift on it , that all fuch philofophy is no better than pedantic nonfenfe ; and that , if a man were to write a book , to prove , that fire is the element in which we ought to live , he would not act ...
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