The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to The Art of Logic: Containing a Variety of Remarks and Rules for the Attainment and Communication of Useful Knowledge in Religion, in the Sciences, and in Common Life. To which is Added, a Discourse on the Education of Children and YouthEdwards and Knibb, 1821 - 424 Seiten |
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... ideas , what new proposition or truth you have gained , what further confirmation of known truths , and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge ; and let no day , if possible , pass away without some intellectual gain ...
... ideas , what new proposition or truth you have gained , what further confirmation of known truths , and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge ; and let no day , if possible , pass away without some intellectual gain ...
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... ideas : he can teach you to lay hold on a clue which may guide your thoughts with safety and ease through all the difficulties of an intricate subject . Think how easily the Author of your beings can direct your motions by his ...
... ideas : he can teach you to lay hold on a clue which may guide your thoughts with safety and ease through all the difficulties of an intricate subject . Think how easily the Author of your beings can direct your motions by his ...
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... ideas and propositions , words and phrases : it is by this we know that fire will burn , that the sun gives light , that a horse eats grass , that an acorn produces an oak , that man is a being capable of reasoning and discourse , that ...
... ideas and propositions , words and phrases : it is by this we know that fire will burn , that the sun gives light , that a horse eats grass , that an acorn produces an oak , that man is a being capable of reasoning and discourse , that ...
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... ideas which we derive from our senses , or from the operations of our souls , and join them in propositions . It is by meditation that we fix in our memory whatsoever we learn , and form our own judgment of the truth or falsehood , the ...
... ideas which we derive from our senses , or from the operations of our souls , and join them in propositions . It is by meditation that we fix in our memory whatsoever we learn , and form our own judgment of the truth or falsehood , the ...
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... ideas of things , as it includes in it sense and consciousness . 2. All our knowledge derived from observation , whether it be of single ideas or of propositions , is knowledge gotten at first hand . Hereby we see and know things as ...
... ideas of things , as it includes in it sense and consciousness . 2. All our knowledge derived from observation , whether it be of single ideas or of propositions , is knowledge gotten at first hand . Hereby we see and know things as ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 128 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Seite 68 - What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...
Seite 376 - Hail, wedded love ! mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range ; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Seite 401 - My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Seite 379 - Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Seite 388 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Seite 392 - And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us, in the likeness of men.
Seite 76 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Seite 408 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that, is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them...
Seite 17 - Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.