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 570
... respect to fenfation and perception : If the tendency of one atom cannot overcome one degree of inertness , the tendency of a thousand atoms will not overcome a thousand de- grees of the fame inertnefs . 231 Only two We have juft ...
... respect to fenfation and perception : If the tendency of one atom cannot overcome one degree of inertness , the tendency of a thousand atoms will not overcome a thousand de- grees of the fame inertnefs . 231 Only two We have juft ...
Page 594
... respect to the laft , he is rather an inftrument than an agent ; and it is uni- verfally allowed , that were a ftrong man to put a fword into the hand of one who is weaker , and then to force it through the body of a third perfon , he ...
... respect to the laft , he is rather an inftrument than an agent ; and it is uni- verfally allowed , that were a ftrong man to put a fword into the hand of one who is weaker , and then to force it through the body of a third perfon , he ...
Page 603
... respect depends upon any other is in no refpect limited or deficient . In all beings capable of increase or diminution , and confequently incapable of perfection or abfolute infinity , limitation or defect is indeed a neceffary ...
... respect depends upon any other is in no refpect limited or deficient . In all beings capable of increase or diminution , and confequently incapable of perfection or abfolute infinity , limitation or defect is indeed a neceffary ...
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