Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Volumen1A. Millar, 1760 - 352 páginas |
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... circumstances , an enlivened imagination and enflamed paffions , circumftances , which belong to poetry , efpecially the epic kind , above any other fpecies of compofition ; and let us examine the reafon why they require a ftricter and ...
... circumstances , an enlivened imagination and enflamed paffions , circumftances , which belong to poetry , efpecially the epic kind , above any other fpecies of compofition ; and let us examine the reafon why they require a ftricter and ...
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... circumstances , I fay , we fhall find , that thefe parts of the action have a fufficient unity to make them be comprehended in one fable or nar- ration . To which we may add , that the rebellion of the angels and the fall of man have a ...
... circumstances , I fay , we fhall find , that thefe parts of the action have a fufficient unity to make them be comprehended in one fable or nar- ration . To which we may add , that the rebellion of the angels and the fall of man have a ...
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... circumstances ; ' tis still supposed imperfect , without the affiftance of experience , which is alone able to give ftability and certainty to the maxims , derived from study and reflection . But notwithstanding that this diftinction be ...
... circumstances ; ' tis still supposed imperfect , without the affiftance of experience , which is alone able to give ftability and certainty to the maxims , derived from study and reflection . But notwithstanding that this diftinction be ...
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... circumstances , which the man of greatest talents is , at firft , apt to overlook , tho ' on them the juftnefs of his conclufions , and confequently the prudence of his conduct , entirely depend . Not to mention , that , to a young ...
... circumstances , which the man of greatest talents is , at firft , apt to overlook , tho ' on them the juftnefs of his conclufions , and confequently the prudence of his conduct , entirely depend . Not to mention , that , to a young ...
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... ing the mind in fuch circumstances . ' Tis an opera- tion of the foul , when we are fo fituated , as unavoid- able as to feel the paffion of love , when we receive be- benefits , or hatred , when we meet with injuries 76 SECTION V.
... ing the mind in fuch circumstances . ' Tis an opera- tion of the foul , when we are fo fituated , as unavoid- able as to feel the paffion of love , when we receive be- benefits , or hatred , when we meet with injuries 76 SECTION V.
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Página 175 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Página 178 - ... integrity as to place them beyond all suspicion of any design to deceive others; of such credit and reputation in the eyes of mankind as to have a great deal to lose in case of their being detected in any falsehood, and at the same time attesting facts performed in such a public manner and in so celebrated a part of the world as to render the detection unavoidable— all which circumstances are requisite to give us a full assurance in the testimony of men.
Página 89 - It is more conformable to the ordinary wisdom of nature to secure so necessary an act of the mind, by some instinct or mechanical tendency, which may be infallible in its operations, may discover itself at the first appearance of life and thought, and may be independent of all the laboured deductions of the understanding.
Página 60 - We have said that all arguments concerning existence are founded on the relation of cause and effect ; that our knowledge of that relation is derived entirely from experience ; and that all our experimental conclusions proceed upon the supposition that the future will be conformable to the past.
Página 80 - I say then that belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.
Página 160 - ... pleasure. A horse that has been accustomed to the field, becomes acquainted with the proper height which he can leap, and will never attempt what exceeds his force and ability. An old greyhound will trust the more fatiguing part of the...
Página 246 - While we cannot give a satisfactory reason, why we believe, after a thousand experiments, that a stone will fall, or fire burn; can we ever satisfy ourselves concerning any determination, which we may form, with regard to the origin of worlds, and the situation of nature, from, and to eternity?
Página 76 - If I ask why you believe any particular matter of fact which you relate, you must tell me some reason; and this reason will be some other fact connected with it. But as you cannot proceed after this manner in...
Página 29 - It is evident, that there is a principle of connexion between the different thoughts or ideas of the mind, and that, in their appearance to the memory or imagination, they introduce each other with a certain degree of method and regularity.
Página 162 - ... them. Animals, therefore, are not guided in these inferences by reasoning : neither are children : neither are the generality of mankind in their ordinary actions and conclusions: neither are philosophers themselves, who, in all the active parts of life, are in the main the same with the vulgar, and are governed by the same maxims.