The conviction of a truth may be irresistible, and yet not immediate. Thus, my conviction that the three angles of every plain triangle are equal to two right angles, is irresistible, but it is not immediate ; I am convinced of it by demonstrative reasoning.... The Young Mathematician's Guide: Being a Plain and Easie Introduction to the ... - Seite 307 von John Ward (of Chester.) - 1724 - 456 Seiten Vollansicht -
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