Works, Volume 3G. Bell and sons, 1898 |
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Page 57
... learned men , whose labours so greatly conduce to the honour of this island ( p . 5 ) ; to lessen the reputation and authority of Sir Isaac Newton and his followers , by shewing that they are not such masters of reason as they are ...
... learned men , whose labours so greatly conduce to the honour of this island ( p . 5 ) ; to lessen the reputation and authority of Sir Isaac Newton and his followers , by shewing that they are not such masters of reason as they are ...
Page 61
... learned men , which hath produced so many free - spirited inquiries after truth , will at once enter into your passions , and degenerate into a nest of bigots . 9. I observe upon the inconsistency of certain infidel analysts . I remark ...
... learned men , which hath produced so many free - spirited inquiries after truth , will at once enter into your passions , and degenerate into a nest of bigots . 9. I observe upon the inconsistency of certain infidel analysts . I remark ...
Page 63
... learned men there are : one who candidly seek truth by rational means . These are never averse to have their principles looked into , and examined by the test of reason . Another sort there is who learn by rote a set of principles and a ...
... learned men there are : one who candidly seek truth by rational means . These are never averse to have their principles looked into , and examined by the test of reason . Another sort there is who learn by rote a set of principles and a ...
Page 87
... learned gentlemen of Cambridge , whom you associate with yourself and represent as being equally surprised at the tendency of my " Analyst . " 50. I desire to know whether those who can neither de- monstrate nor conceive the principles ...
... learned gentlemen of Cambridge , whom you associate with yourself and represent as being equally surprised at the tendency of my " Analyst . " 50. I desire to know whether those who can neither de- monstrate nor conceive the principles ...
Page 88
... learned society ? Whether , to separate the clear parts of things from the obscure , to distinguish the real principles whereon truths rest , and whence they are derived , and to proportion the just measures of assent according to the ...
... learned society ? Whether , to separate the clear parts of things from the obscure , to distinguish the real principles whereon truths rest , and whence they are derived , and to proportion the just measures of assent according to the ...
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Page 388 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 390 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.