General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Arranged According to Alphabetical Order, 6. köideG. G. and J. Robinson, 1807 |
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... given in the supplement to the " Encyclopædia Britannica ; " leaving the abstract , without any comment , to the judgment of our philosophical readers . " Kant divides all our knowledge into that which is a priori , and that which is a ...
... given in the supplement to the " Encyclopædia Britannica ; " leaving the abstract , without any comment , to the judgment of our philosophical readers . " Kant divides all our knowledge into that which is a priori , and that which is a ...
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... given it to me ; for how could experience prove to me that this truth will never vary ? Experience must always be limited ; and , there- fore , cannot teach us that which is necessary and universal . It is not experience which dis ...
... given it to me ; for how could experience prove to me that this truth will never vary ? Experience must always be limited ; and , there- fore , cannot teach us that which is necessary and universal . It is not experience which dis ...
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... given his extra- ordinary relations merely as fables , and not as true history ; and that he only supposes real facts to be disguised under them . This writer probably died between 1640 and 1650. Nicol- son's Hist . Library . Moreri ...
... given his extra- ordinary relations merely as fables , and not as true history ; and that he only supposes real facts to be disguised under them . This writer probably died between 1640 and 1650. Nicol- son's Hist . Library . Moreri ...
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... given forces . When the Newtonian philosophy began to be cultivated in France , this work was held in high esteem there , being considered as the best introduction to the " Principia ; " and a new edition of it in English was printed at ...
... given forces . When the Newtonian philosophy began to be cultivated in France , this work was held in high esteem there , being considered as the best introduction to the " Principia ; " and a new edition of it in English was printed at ...
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... given a history of the dispute in a long dissertation . His decision is , that it still remains uncertain who was the author of this book . Freheri Theatrum Vir . Erud . Clar . Cave's Hist . Lit. vol . II . sub sæc . Synod . Dupin ...
... given a history of the dispute in a long dissertation . His decision is , that it still remains uncertain who was the author of this book . Freheri Theatrum Vir . Erud . Clar . Cave's Hist . Lit. vol . II . sub sæc . Synod . Dupin ...
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