The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 43
... true ; and yet it is not less true that every essential or elementary idea of the mathema- tics may be acquired in early life , and with a very limited range of observation ; and that we do not need to widen or extend this range -- nay ...
... true ; and yet it is not less true that every essential or elementary idea of the mathema- tics may be acquired in early life , and with a very limited range of observation ; and that we do not need to widen or extend this range -- nay ...
Page 143
... true of the antecedent is true also of the consequent . There may be an indefinite number of accessary and accidental things , asso- ciated with that which is strictly and properly the posterior term of the sequence . In a watch it is ...
... true of the antecedent is true also of the consequent . There may be an indefinite number of accessary and accidental things , asso- ciated with that which is strictly and properly the posterior term of the sequence . In a watch it is ...
Page 278
... true of an individual is true of a species or of a universe . Throughout , and in its separate parts , it may be pregnant 278 RECAPITULATION OF EVIDENCE .
... true of an individual is true of a species or of a universe . Throughout , and in its separate parts , it may be pregnant 278 RECAPITULATION OF EVIDENCE .
Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
MR HUMES OBJECTION TO THE A POSTERIORI | 121 |
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