The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1W. Strahan, 1776 - 511 pages |
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... experience . 129 Part III . The fubdivifions of moral reasoning . 1. Experience . 2. Analogy . 3. Testimony . 4. Calculations of chances . 136 ib . 143 146 151 Part IV . The fuperiority of fcientific evidence re - examined . - - 155 ...
... experience . 129 Part III . The fubdivifions of moral reasoning . 1. Experience . 2. Analogy . 3. Testimony . 4. Calculations of chances . 136 ib . 143 146 151 Part IV . The fuperiority of fcientific evidence re - examined . - - 155 ...
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... experiences gained in the firft and loweft ftage , or as it were at the foot of the mountain , are commonly diftinguished by the name of empiries . Some- thing fimilar may be faid to obtain in the ... experience , the theory 6 INTRODUCTION .
... experiences gained in the firft and loweft ftage , or as it were at the foot of the mountain , are commonly diftinguished by the name of empiries . Some- thing fimilar may be faid to obtain in the ... experience , the theory 6 INTRODUCTION .
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George Campbell. reared on the firm bafis of experience , the theory of the other is no better than a caftle in the air . I mention characters only in the extreme , be- caufe in this manner they are beft difcrimi- nated . In real life ...
George Campbell. reared on the firm bafis of experience , the theory of the other is no better than a caftle in the air . I mention characters only in the extreme , be- caufe in this manner they are beft difcrimi- nated . In real life ...
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... experience , but from the difference of their nature , there arifes a confiderable dif- ference both in their origin and in their growth . Neceffity , the mother of invention , drives men , in the earliest state of fociety , to the ...
... experience , but from the difference of their nature , there arifes a confiderable dif- ference both in their origin and in their growth . Neceffity , the mother of invention , drives men , in the earliest state of fociety , to the ...
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... a degree of per- fection beyond what we have experienced ; but we have fome conception of the very utmost to which it can proceed . For inftance , where re- 2 femblance femblance is the object , as in a picture or INTRODUCTION . 9.
... a degree of per- fection beyond what we have experienced ; but we have fome conception of the very utmost to which it can proceed . For inftance , where re- 2 femblance femblance is the object , as in a picture or INTRODUCTION . 9.
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