The improvement of the mind, or A supplement to the art of logic. By I. Watts. Also his posthumous works, publ. by D. Jennings and P. Doddridge1801 |
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Σελίδα 14
... turn to in- finitely better account . Thus it appears to be the necessary duty and the interest of every person living to improve his understanding , to inform his judgment , to treasure up useful knowledge , and to acquire the skill of ...
... turn to in- finitely better account . Thus it appears to be the necessary duty and the interest of every person living to improve his understanding , to inform his judgment , to treasure up useful knowledge , and to acquire the skill of ...
Σελίδα 20
... turn and ill habit of thinking , and make much work for retraction . Subito is carried away with title pages , so that he ventures to pronounce upon a large octavo at once , and to recommend it wonderfully when he had read half the ...
... turn and ill habit of thinking , and make much work for retraction . Subito is carried away with title pages , so that he ventures to pronounce upon a large octavo at once , and to recommend it wonderfully when he had read half the ...
Σελίδα 23
... turning every thought and sentence into merriment . How many awkward and irregular judgments does this man pass upon solemn subjects , even when he designs to be grave and in earnest ? his mirth and laughing humour is formed into habit ...
... turning every thought and sentence into merriment . How many awkward and irregular judgments does this man pass upon solemn subjects , even when he designs to be grave and in earnest ? his mirth and laughing humour is formed into habit ...
Σελίδα 25
... turn of thought he can lead you into a large scenel of useful 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 ...
... turn of thought he can lead you into a large scenel of useful 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 ...
Σελίδα 28
... turns , yet the advantage is only on one side ; as , when a teacher and a learner meet and discourse together : but frequently the profit is mu- tual . Under this head of conversation , we may also rank disputes of various kinds . V ...
... turns , yet the advantage is only on one side ; as , when a teacher and a learner meet and discourse together : but frequently the profit is mu- tual . Under this head of conversation , we may also rank disputes of various kinds . V ...
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The Improvement of the Mind, Or a Supplement to the Art of Logic. by I ... Isaac Watts Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2018 |
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Σελίδα 78 - 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.
Σελίδα 71 - 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...
Σελίδα 343 - I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. Will he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
Σελίδα 75 - Observe this rule in general; whensoever it lies in your power to lead the conversation, let it be directed to some profitable point of knowledge or practice, so far as may be done with decency; and let not the discourse and the hours be suffered to run loose without aim or design : and when a subject is started, pass not hastily to another, before you have brought the present theme or discourse to some tolerable issue, or a joint consent to drop it.
Σελίδα 135 - ... with certainty. It is most probable that those very fibres, pores, or traces of the brain, which assist at the first idea or perception of any object, are the same which assist also at the recollection of it...
Σελίδα 80 - Banish utterly out of all conversation, and especially out of all learned and intellectual conference, every thing that tends to provoke passion or raise a fire in the blood. Let no sharp language, no noisy exclamation, no sarcasms or biting jests be heard among you ; no perverse or invidious consequences be drawn from each other's opinions, and imputed to the person...
Σελίδα 145 - Sounds which address the ear are lost and die In one short hour ; but that which strikes the eye Lives long upon the mind; the faithful sight Engraves the knowledge with a beam of light.
Σελίδα 238 - Train up a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Σελίδα 20 - Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new 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; such a course, well pursued, must certainlv advance us in useful knowledge.
Σελίδα 26 - 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.