Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Volumen1A. Millar, 1760 - 352 páginas |
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... fen- fible an intereft in perpetually recalling fuch topics , befides this , I fay , the motive of blind despair can ne- ver reasonably have place in the fciences ; fince , how- ever unfuccefsful former attempts may have proved , there ...
... fen- fible an intereft in perpetually recalling fuch topics , befides this , I fay , the motive of blind despair can ne- ver reasonably have place in the fciences ; fince , how- ever unfuccefsful former attempts may have proved , there ...
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... fenfible , that there is a greater diftance in that place betwixt the contiguous colours than in any other . Now I afk , whether ' tis poffible for him , from his own imagination , to fupply this deficiency , and raise up to himself the ...
... fenfible , that there is a greater diftance in that place betwixt the contiguous colours than in any other . Now I afk , whether ' tis poffible for him , from his own imagination , to fupply this deficiency , and raise up to himself the ...
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... fenfible : The limits between them are more exactly deter- mined : Nor is it easy to fall into any error or mistake with regard to them . When we entertain therefore any suspicion , that a philosophical term is employed without any ...
... fenfible : The limits between them are more exactly deter- mined : Nor is it easy to fall into any error or mistake with regard to them . When we entertain therefore any suspicion , that a philosophical term is employed without any ...
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... fenfible , that the more unbroken the chain is , which he prefents to his read- ers , the more perfect is his production . He fees , that the knowlege of caufes is not only the most sa- tisfactory ; this relation or connexion being the ...
... fenfible , that the more unbroken the chain is , which he prefents to his read- ers , the more perfect is his production . He fees , that the knowlege of caufes is not only the most sa- tisfactory ; this relation or connexion being the ...
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... fenfible : The narration is not carried on thro ' fuch a length of time : And the actors haften to fome remarkable pe- riod , which fatisfies the curiofity of the reader . This conduct of the epic poet depends on that particular ...
... fenfible : The narration is not carried on thro ' fuch a length of time : And the actors haften to fome remarkable pe- riod , which fatisfies the curiofity of the reader . This conduct of the epic poet depends on that particular ...
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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.