| Thomas Paine - 2004 - 260 páginas
...advances. They were especially significant as contributors to the wide dissemination of Newton's theories. under the Direction of a President, and to be conducted in the sincere Spirit of Inquiry after Truth, without Fondness for Dispute, or Desire ofVictory; and to prevent Warmth all Expressions... | |
| Paul M. Zall - 2005 - 330 páginas
...in three Months produce and read an Essay of his own Writing on any Subject he pleas'd. Our Debates were to be under the Direction of a President, and...without fondness for Dispute, or Desire of Victory; and all Expres85 sions of Positiveness in Opinion, or of direct Contradiction, were contraband & prohibited... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 páginas
...were to be under the direction of a president and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute or desire...prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions or direct contradiction were after some time made contraband and prohibited under small pecuniary... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 páginas
...in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing on any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a president and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute or desire of victory; and to prevent warmth, all... | |
| Timothy Stagich - 2005 - 264 páginas
...necessary to resolve problems. Benjamin Franklin, a great debater, himself, once said, "Our debates were to be under the direction of a president and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute or desire of victory.'1' He even saw this process... | |
| Sue Ann Prince - 2005 - 160 páginas
...science were discussed and examined as in a coffeehouse with more structure and order: "Our Debates were to be under the Direction of a President, and to be conducted in the sincere Spirit of Enqmry after Truth, without Fondness for Dispute, or Desire ofVictory." u The Library Company, which... | |
| Ralph Frasca - 2006 - 307 páginas
...fellowship, and its members discussed morals, philosophy, and politics in a structured and informed manner, "in the sincere Spirit of Enquiry after Truth, without fondness for Dispute, or Desire of Victory," he recalled. He later described it as "the best School of Philosophy, Morals 8c Politics that then... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 2007 - 258 páginas
...in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute, or desire of victory; and, to prevent warmth, all... | |
| Mark Allen - 2007 - 432 páginas
...in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased. Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute or desire of victory; and to prevent warmth, all... | |
| Lorraine Smith Pangle - 2007 - 300 páginas
...young tradesman friends into a club for mutual improvement and persuading them to conduct their debates "in the sincere Spirit of Enquiry after Truth, without Fondness for Dispute, or Desire of Victory," forbidding themselves all expressions of "Positiveness in Opinion, or of direct Contradiction," Franklin... | |
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