The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 152
... term of a sequence , in connexion with the forth - putting of sagacity and skill on the part of a purposing mind , as its prior term . We have not seen the whole consequent named a watch produced by the whole antecedent named a watch ...
... term of a sequence , in connexion with the forth - putting of sagacity and skill on the part of a purposing mind , as its prior term . We have not seen the whole consequent named a watch produced by the whole antecedent named a watch ...
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... terms of the sequence , that from the one term in the present instance even the adaptations which nature offers to our view , we infer the other term even a design- 1 ing mind , at whose will and by whose G 2 TO THE A POSTERIORI ...
... terms of the sequence , that from the one term in the present instance even the adaptations which nature offers to our view , we infer the other term even a design- 1 ing mind , at whose will and by whose G 2 TO THE A POSTERIORI ...
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... term , just follow the lights of experience when we move upward from the world to an in- telligent mind that ... term , and seeking after its antecedent . But we have no such reason for treating this antecedent as a posterior term , and ...
... term , just follow the lights of experience when we move upward from the world to an in- telligent mind that ... term , and seeking after its antecedent . But we have no such reason for treating this antecedent as a posterior term , and ...
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PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
MR HUMES OBJECTION TO THE A POSTERIORI | 121 |
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