Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Τόμος 1A. Millar, 1760 - 352 σελίδες |
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... questions , is to inquire ferioufly into the nature of human under- ftanding , and fiew , from an exact analysis of its powers and capacity , that it is by no means fitted for fuch remote and abstruse subjects . We must fubmit to this ...
... questions , is to inquire ferioufly into the nature of human under- ftanding , and fiew , from an exact analysis of its powers and capacity , that it is by no means fitted for fuch remote and abstruse subjects . We must fubmit to this ...
Σελίδα 27
... question by the schoolmen , who making use of undefined terms , draw out their disputes to a te- dious length , without ever touching the point in question . A like ambiguity and circumlocution seem to run thro ' all that great ...
... question by the schoolmen , who making use of undefined terms , draw out their disputes to a te- dious length , without ever touching the point in question . A like ambiguity and circumlocution seem to run thro ' all that great ...
Σελίδα 55
... question as dif- ficult as the foregoing , and leads us on to farther en- quiries . When it is asked , What is the nature of all our reasonings concerning matter of fact ? The proper anfwer feems to be , that they are founded on the ...
... question as dif- ficult as the foregoing , and leads us on to farther en- quiries . When it is asked , What is the nature of all our reasonings concerning matter of fact ? The proper anfwer feems to be , that they are founded on the ...
Σελίδα 57
... question on which I would infift . The bread , which I formerly eat , nourished me ; that is , a body of fuch fenfible qualities , was , at that time , endued with fuch fecret powers : But does it follow , that other bread must also ...
... question on which I would infift . The bread , which I formerly eat , nourished me ; that is , a body of fuch fenfible qualities , was , at that time , endued with fuch fecret powers : But does it follow , that other bread must also ...
Σελίδα 58
... connecting propofition or intermediate ftep , which fupports the understanding in this conclufion . But as the question is yet new , every reader may not truft fo far far to his own penetration , as to conclude , 58 IV . SECTION.
... connecting propofition or intermediate ftep , which fupports the understanding in this conclufion . But as the question is yet new , every reader may not truft fo far far to his own penetration , as to conclude , 58 IV . SECTION.
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acknowleged actions affurance againſt alfo alſo argument arifes becauſe cafe caufe and effect cauſe cerning circumftances concerning conclufion confequences confider conftant conjoined connexion contrary courfe of nature courſe defire difpute diftinct diſcover eafy enquiry epic poetry EPICURUS eſtabliſhed evidence excite exift exiſtence experience fame farther fatisfaction fcience feems fenfation fenfes fenfible fentiments ferve fhall fhould fide fimilar firft firſt fituation fome fource fpecies ftill ftrong fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofed fuppofition fupport furely greateſt himſelf human idea imagination impoffible impreffion infer inftances intirely itſelf knowlege leaſt lefs mankind mind miracle moft moſt muft muſt neceffary neceffity never nexion obferve object operations oppofite ourſelves paffing paffions particular perfon phænomena philofophers pleaſure poffible prefent principles produce propofition queftion reafon refemblance refult relation rience ſeems ſhall ſtill ſuch ſuppoſed teftimony thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thro tion tranfition ufual underſtanding univerfally uſeful
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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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?
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.