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... true propositions , and proceed with certain syllogisms , and thereby make always true conclusions ; yet are not his con- clusions evident to him , for want of the concomitance of conception with his words : for if the words alone were ...
... true propositions , and proceed with certain syllogisms , and thereby make always true conclusions ; yet are not his con- clusions evident to him , for want of the concomitance of conception with his words : for if the words alone were ...
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... true , or a false prophet . And so it is with all other history . . . If Livy say the Gods made once a cow speak , and we believe it not ; we distrust not God therein , but Livy . So that it is evident , that whatsoever we believe ...
... true , or a false prophet . And so it is with all other history . . . If Livy say the Gods made once a cow speak , and we believe it not ; we distrust not God therein , but Livy . So that it is evident , that whatsoever we believe ...
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... true wit consists in the resemblance of ideas , and false wit in the resemblance of words ' , mixt wit ' consists partly in the resemblance of ideas and partly in the resemblance of words ' . True wit discerns a surprising congruity ...
... true wit consists in the resemblance of ideas , and false wit in the resemblance of words ' , mixt wit ' consists partly in the resemblance of ideas and partly in the resemblance of words ' . True wit discerns a surprising congruity ...
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