Letters on the Study and Use of History: On Exile ; the Spirit of Patriotism ; Idea of a Patriot King ; State of Parties in 1714Alexander Murray, 1870 - 280 pages |
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... knowledge we acquire by it is a creditable kind of igno- rance , nothing more . This creditable kind of ignorance is , in my opinion , the whole benefit which the generality of men , even of the most learned , reap from the study of ...
... knowledge we acquire by it is a creditable kind of igno- rance , nothing more . This creditable kind of ignorance is , in my opinion , the whole benefit which the generality of men , even of the most learned , reap from the study of ...
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... knowledge infused by inspiration , if we were not assured in the same place that they were effected by very natural means , by such as it is in every man's power to employ ) ' partim percontando à peritis , partim in rebus gestis 8 ...
... knowledge infused by inspiration , if we were not assured in the same place that they were effected by very natural means , by such as it is in every man's power to employ ) ' partim percontando à peritis , partim in rebus gestis 8 ...
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... knowledge of mankind , but the experience of more centuries than any of the patriarchs saw . The events we are witnesses of , in the course of the longest life , appear to us very often original , unprepared , single , and un - relative ...
... knowledge of mankind , but the experience of more centuries than any of the patriarchs saw . The events we are witnesses of , in the course of the longest life , appear to us very often original , unprepared , single , and un - relative ...
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... knowledge . For thus I reason , had they given particular and historical accounts conformable to the scriptures of the Jews ; Josephus , Julius Africanus , and Eusebius would have made quite other extracts from their writings , and ...
... knowledge . For thus I reason , had they given particular and historical accounts conformable to the scriptures of the Jews ; Josephus , Julius Africanus , and Eusebius would have made quite other extracts from their writings , and ...
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... knowledge . Imposed by autho- rity , and assisted by artifice , the delusion hardly prevails over common sense ; blind ignorance almost sees , and rash superstition hesitates : nothing less than enthusiasm and frenzy can give credit to ...
... knowledge . Imposed by autho- rity , and assisted by artifice , the delusion hardly prevails over common sense ; blind ignorance almost sees , and rash superstition hesitates : nothing less than enthusiasm and frenzy can give credit to ...
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