Observations on the Nature of Demonstrative Evidence: With an Explanation of Certain Difficulties Occurring in the Elements of Geometry, and Reflections on LanguageJ. Johnson, 1793 - 172 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα v
... fome- " what remarkable , " fays he , farcastically glancing at the attention paid to the phy- fical fciences , " amid the prevalence of fuch notions , that there fhould still re- " main two sciences in fashion , and these 66 " main ...
... fome- " what remarkable , " fays he , farcastically glancing at the attention paid to the phy- fical fciences , " amid the prevalence of fuch notions , that there fhould still re- " main two sciences in fashion , and these 66 " main ...
Σελίδα ix
... fome ftrange fata- lity however , she is neglected , if not af- fronted in almoft all the ftages of educa- tion ; and the firft ftep in almost every fpecies of inftruction is , to present know- ledge to the student's imagination , in ...
... fome ftrange fata- lity however , she is neglected , if not af- fronted in almoft all the ftages of educa- tion ; and the firft ftep in almost every fpecies of inftruction is , to present know- ledge to the student's imagination , in ...
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... fome object or perception of sense , that Mr. Tooke compleated what Mr. Locke had begun . Mr. Locke indeed did every thing but make the discovery himself . Ac- cording to his negative definition of the general idea of a triangle , " it ...
... fome object or perception of sense , that Mr. Tooke compleated what Mr. Locke had begun . Mr. Locke indeed did every thing but make the discovery himself . Ac- cording to his negative definition of the general idea of a triangle , " it ...
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... a doctrine concern-- ing language , partly the fame as that of Mr. Tooke , had been for fome time taught in the celebrated fchool of Greek literature . I at at Leyden . Mr. Hemsterhuis , and his difciples , MATHEMATICAL EVIDENCE . 5.
... a doctrine concern-- ing language , partly the fame as that of Mr. Tooke , had been for fome time taught in the celebrated fchool of Greek literature . I at at Leyden . Mr. Hemsterhuis , and his difciples , MATHEMATICAL EVIDENCE . 5.
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... fome of the tribes , of which the Egyptian nation , like every other , was probably form- ed : or other actions , besides taking a thing into the hand , might denote poffeffion , and hence a derivation of pronouns from words of other ...
... fome of the tribes , of which the Egyptian nation , like every other , was probably form- ed : or other actions , besides taking a thing into the hand , might denote poffeffion , and hence a derivation of pronouns from words of other ...
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abſtract againſt agreement or difagreement alfo alſo angles Ariſtotle axiom becauſe befides cafe caufe cauſe cife compariſon complex term confideration definition demonſtration derived diftinct diſcovery diſtance equal eſtabliſhed Euclid evidence exiſt experiments exprefs faid fame fatisfied fays fcience fecond feems fenfes ferve fhall fhew fhewn fide fignification fimple fince firft firſt fome fomething ftill ftraight lines fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe fyftem geometry Greek language guage himſelf ideas impoffible inftances interfections intuitive knowledge itſelf juft juſt knowledge leaſt lefs Lennep leſs Lord Monboddo mathematical meaſure mind miſtake moſt muft muſt neceffary neceffity noun obfervation object occafion paffage parallel lines perceive perception perfon philofophy phyfical Plato poffible preſent pronouns propofition purpoſe reaſoning refult reſpect ſay Scheid ſcholars ſeem ſenſe ſhall ſhould ſpeech ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuch ſuppoſe ſyſtem thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe THOMAS BEDDOES thoſe tion triangle truth underſtanding univerfality uſe Valckenaer verb verités whoſe words
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Σελίδα 168 - All, and the feweft ideas more than thofe we would communicate : and then by the help of the Prepofition, we either make up the deficiency in the one cafe, or retrench the fuperfluity in the other. For inftance, i. " A Houfe WITH a Party-wall? z. " A Houfe WITHOUT a roof" In the firft inftance, the complex term is deficient : The Prepofition directs to add what is wanting.
Σελίδα 35 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Σελίδα 66 - ... often so late before some unusual qualities come in the way, that there are few men that cannot recollect the beginning of their acquaintance with them: and if it were worth while...
Σελίδα 82 - ... and repugnancy, of any of our ideas. In this alone it consists. Where this perception is, there is knowledge ; and where it is not, there, though we may fancy, guess, or believe, yet we always come short of knowledge. For, when we know that white is not black, what do we else but perceive that these two ideas do not agree!
Σελίδα 37 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another.
Σελίδα 85 - ... by an immediate view and comparing them do it: because the three angles of a triangle cannot be brought at once and be compared with any one or two angles; and so of this the mind has no immediate, no intuitive knowledge. In this case the mind is fain to find out some other angles, to which the three angles of a triangle have an equality; and, finding those equal to two right ones, comes to know their equality to two right ones.
Σελίδα 167 - To supply, therefore, the place of the complex terms which are wanting in a language, is the preposition employed...
Σελίδα 139 - That a fyftem of etymology was to be formed, by which the whole language was to be derived from certain primitive founds, or radical words. Then cafes, genders, and numbers, were to be invented ; which anfwered a double purpofe, both of expreffing different relations and other circumftances of things, and of connecting words together in fyntax. Then tenfes and moods of verbs were to be contrived, by which the circumftance of time, and the affections or difpofitions of the human mind with refpect:...
Σελίδα 82 - I mean to assert a truth which is as independent of my constitution, as the equality of the three angles of a triangle to two right angles...
Σελίδα 52 - If a ftraight line meets two ftraight lines, fo as to make the " two interior angles on the fame fide of it taken together lefs