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... which the reasoning is expressed , Sect . 33-41 140 141 145 • 148 • 160 163 171 • Practical Directions continued : Exercises suggested for Im- provement in Logic , Sect . 42-47 CHAPTER V. PAGE Errors to which Learners are liable in.
... which the reasoning is expressed , Sect . 33-41 140 141 145 • 148 • 160 163 171 • Practical Directions continued : Exercises suggested for Im- provement in Logic , Sect . 42-47 CHAPTER V. PAGE Errors to which Learners are liable in.
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... exercise which sharpens the intellect for the high practical purposes of life ? May not a person acquire great skill in the reduction of reasoning to the Aristotelian formulas , without any benefit , nay even with prejudice , to the ...
... exercise which sharpens the intellect for the high practical purposes of life ? May not a person acquire great skill in the reduction of reasoning to the Aristotelian formulas , without any benefit , nay even with prejudice , to the ...
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... EXERCISES SUGGESTED FOR IMPROVEMENT IN LOGIC . 42. There can be no proper practice of Logic which is different in ... exercise , is also called a theme . We begin with a title , which title may be a single grammatical noun , or a ...
... EXERCISES SUGGESTED FOR IMPROVEMENT IN LOGIC . 42. There can be no proper practice of Logic which is different in ... exercise , is also called a theme . We begin with a title , which title may be a single grammatical noun , or a ...
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... exercise or know them . Hence they are things metaphysical , and the cautionary principles † must be kept in mind . The generic name will be , an ability or practice , an art , a science : an art may be further developed by the ...
... exercise or know them . Hence they are things metaphysical , and the cautionary principles † must be kept in mind . The generic name will be , an ability or practice , an art , a science : an art may be further developed by the ...
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... exercise ; as , A proper Knowledge of the World is favourable to Virtue ' : Trust not Appearances : Honesty is the best Policy . A theme thus given out is commonly called a Thesis . There is , however , no essential or necessary ...
... exercise ; as , A proper Knowledge of the World is favourable to Virtue ' : Trust not Appearances : Honesty is the best Policy . A theme thus given out is commonly called a Thesis . There is , however , no essential or necessary ...
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Page 115 - And found no end, in wandering mazes lost Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy...
Page 169 - If this man were wise, he would not speak irreverently of Scripture in jest; and if he were good, he would not do so in earnest; but he does it either in jest or in earnest; therefore he is either not wise or not good
Page 219 - But God has not been so sparing to men to make them barely two-legged creatures, and left it to Aristotle to make them rational...
Page 203 - There can be no regularity or order in the life and conduct of that man, who does not give and allot a due share of his time, to retirement and reflection.
Page 179 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 244 - ... what kind soever escape them. I look upon these writers as Goths in poetry, who like those in architecture, not being able to come up to the beautiful simplicity of the old Greeks and Romans, have endeavoured to supply its place with all the extravagancies of an irregular fancy.
Page 207 - Are these designs, which any man, who is born a Briton, in any circumstances, in any •situation...
Page 203 - THIS great politician desisted from, and renounced his designs, when' he found them impracticable. He was of so high and independent a spirit, that he abhorred and detested being in debt. Though raised to an exalted station, she was a pattern of piety, virtue, and religion.
Page 115 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 169 - If ^Eschines joined in the public rejoicings, he is inconsistent ; if he did not, he is unpatriotic; but he either joined, or not, therefore he is either inconsistent or unpatriotic.