Logic for the Million: A Familiar Exposition of the Art of Reasoning : with an Appendix on the Philosophy of LanguageLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1857 - 390 pages |
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... denote common things was ridiculed in " Butler's Hudi- bras , " with reference to the rhetoricians , and the ridicule will apply with equal justice to the scholastic logicians : - " For rhetoric , he could not ope ' His mouth but out ...
... denote common things was ridiculed in " Butler's Hudi- bras , " with reference to the rhetoricians , and the ridicule will apply with equal justice to the scholastic logicians : - " For rhetoric , he could not ope ' His mouth but out ...
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... denoted by arguing , proving , inferring , confirming , refuting , and all similar words , in the sense in which they are popularly understood . A knowledge of the art of reasoning is essen- tial to the study of the science ; but an ...
... denoted by arguing , proving , inferring , confirming , refuting , and all similar words , in the sense in which they are popularly understood . A knowledge of the art of reasoning is essen- tial to the study of the science ; but an ...
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... denotes a logical process in the mind of the speaker . So also , if a motive is added , this brings the command or advice within the province of logic : thus- " Honour thy father and thy mother , that thy days may be long in the land ...
... denotes a logical process in the mind of the speaker . So also , if a motive is added , this brings the command or advice within the province of logic : thus- " Honour thy father and thy mother , that thy days may be long in the land ...
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... denotes the subject , and " righteous- ness " is the attribute . But when you say , " A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast , " the words " righteous " and " man " united denote the subject , and " regardeth the life " The ...
... denotes the subject , and " righteous- ness " is the attribute . But when you say , " A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast , " the words " righteous " and " man " united denote the subject , and " regardeth the life " The ...
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... denotes the attribute , and all the rest of the sentence is the subject . Some attributes are called specific . They belong to the subject , and to no other subject . These are attributes chiefly that distinguish one class or species ...
... denotes the attribute , and all the rest of the sentence is the subject . Some attributes are called specific . They belong to the subject , and to no other subject . These are attributes chiefly that distinguish one class or species ...
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Page 149 - Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem ? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Page 284 - Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead ? " But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen.
Page 148 - And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Page 374 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Page 227 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men.
Page 133 - God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth : men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
Page 227 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 211 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves ; No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suflereth not to live. And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm ; howbeit, they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly.
Page 133 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord ; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 170 - And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2.