Essays and treatises on several subjects, Band 2J. Jones, 1822 - 612 Seiten |
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... human nature as a subject of speculation ; and with a narrow scrutiny examine it , in order to find those principles which re- gulate our understanding , excite our sentiments , and make us approve or blame any particular object ...
... human nature as a subject of speculation ; and with a narrow scrutiny examine it , in order to find those principles which re- gulate our understanding , excite our sentiments , and make us approve or blame any particular object ...
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... human race , and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biasses to draw too much , so as to incapacitate them for other occupations and entertain- ments . Indulge your passion for science , says she , but let your science be human ...
... human race , and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biasses to draw too much , so as to incapacitate them for other occupations and entertain- ments . Indulge your passion for science , says she , but let your science be human ...
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... human vanity , which would penetrate into subjects utterly inaccessible to the un- derstanding ; or from the craft of popular superstitions , which being unable to defend themselves on fair ground , raise these entangling brambles to ...
... human vanity , which would penetrate into subjects utterly inaccessible to the un- derstanding ; or from the craft of popular superstitions , which being unable to defend themselves on fair ground , raise these entangling brambles to ...
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... human understanding , and show , from an exact analysis of its powers and capa- city , that it is by no means fitted for such remote and abstruse subjects . We must submit to this fatigue , in order to live at ease ever after ; and must ...
... human understanding , and show , from an exact analysis of its powers and capa- city , that it is by no means fitted for such remote and abstruse subjects . We must submit to this fatigue , in order to live at ease ever after ; and must ...
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... human mind is actuated in its ope- ration ? Astronomers had long contented themselves with proving , from the phænomena , the true motions , order , and magnitude of the heavenly bodies : Till a philosopher at last arose , who seems ...
... human mind is actuated in its ope- ration ? Astronomers had long contented themselves with proving , from the phænomena , the true motions , order , and magnitude of the heavenly bodies : Till a philosopher at last arose , who seems ...
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