Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 11. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 506
... conceive , that , in the infinite feries of numbers and intermediate frac- tions , fome one number integral or fractional may bear the fame ratio to another as the fide of a fquare bears to its diagonal . " We are fo far from thinking ...
... conceive , that , in the infinite feries of numbers and intermediate frac- tions , fome one number integral or fractional may bear the fame ratio to another as the fide of a fquare bears to its diagonal . " We are fo far from thinking ...
Page 509
... conceive what pur- pofe it could serve . An idea hath been defined by fome logicians , the form or refemblance of a thing in the mind ; and the whole of its power and ufe in thinking is fuppofed to arise from an exact con- formity to ...
... conceive what pur- pofe it could serve . An idea hath been defined by fome logicians , the form or refemblance of a thing in the mind ; and the whole of its power and ufe in thinking is fuppofed to arise from an exact con- formity to ...
Page 525
... conceive , will and understanding are neceffary . Should it be faid that there may be power altogether different from that of which we have a diftinct conception , we think it fufficient to reply , that of a thing which cannot be ...
... conceive , will and understanding are neceffary . Should it be faid that there may be power altogether different from that of which we have a diftinct conception , we think it fufficient to reply , that of a thing which cannot be ...
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