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... philosophy , " he observes , " is , in a great measure , inaccessible to those who have not received a regu- lar mathematical education , it commonly happens , that a taste for it is , in the first instance , grafted on a previous ...
... philosophy , " he observes , " is , in a great measure , inaccessible to those who have not received a regu- lar mathematical education , it commonly happens , that a taste for it is , in the first instance , grafted on a previous ...
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... Philosophy , or Metaphysical Science . Leaving the task of mere illustration , then , I proceed to inquire how far the distinction now pointed out may be made available for one great purpose of this work , to determine clearly the ...
... Philosophy , or Metaphysical Science . Leaving the task of mere illustration , then , I proceed to inquire how far the distinction now pointed out may be made available for one great purpose of this work , to determine clearly the ...
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... Philosophy which had been bequeathed to the world by the great geniuses of heathen anti- quity , and the Philosophy which was deduced from and implied by the revelations made by God to man , must be identical ; and , therefore , that ...
... Philosophy which had been bequeathed to the world by the great geniuses of heathen anti- quity , and the Philosophy which was deduced from and implied by the revelations made by God to man , must be identical ; and , therefore , that ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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