Logic for the Million; a Familiar Exposition of the Art of ReasoningLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1857 - 390 pages |
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... able to perceive the incorrect reasonings of others , and to show the sound- ness or unsoundness of any opinions propounded for his consideration . These practical rules of reasoning collected together form the art of reasoning , in the ...
... able to perceive the incorrect reasonings of others , and to show the sound- ness or unsoundness of any opinions propounded for his consideration . These practical rules of reasoning collected together form the art of reasoning , in the ...
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... able to reason promptly and forcibly , depends upon our attain- ments in knowledge - the constitution of our mental powers -the extent of our practice - and the degree with which we are familiar with the writings of those learned men ...
... able to reason promptly and forcibly , depends upon our attain- ments in knowledge - the constitution of our mental powers -the extent of our practice - and the degree with which we are familiar with the writings of those learned men ...
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... able to give a reason for all the opinions you entertain . Logic will teach you that you must look at both sides of the question , and examine the arguments that can be advanced against any opinion as well as those that may be 1 ...
... able to give a reason for all the opinions you entertain . Logic will teach you that you must look at both sides of the question , and examine the arguments that can be advanced against any opinion as well as those that may be 1 ...
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... ignorant clown should not be able to learn fine language , dancing , or a courtly behaviour , when his rustic airs have grown up with him till the age of forty . " PART II . THE PRINCIPLES OF REASONING . We have LOGICAL EXAMPLES . 29.
... ignorant clown should not be able to learn fine language , dancing , or a courtly behaviour , when his rustic airs have grown up with him till the age of forty . " PART II . THE PRINCIPLES OF REASONING . We have LOGICAL EXAMPLES . 29.
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... able , gentle , and easy to be entreated , full of mercy and good fruits , without partiality , and without hypocrisy . ” — James iii . 17 . Attributes of a book - Logic for the Million : C " This is certainly the most useful and most ...
... able , gentle , and easy to be entreated , full of mercy and good fruits , without partiality , and without hypocrisy . ” — James iii . 17 . Attributes of a book - Logic for the Million : C " This is certainly the most useful and most ...
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Page 158 - And he said, This will I do, I will pull down my barns, and build greater, and there will I bestow all my fruits, and my goods. 21 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years, take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry.
Page 276 - 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 140 - 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 219 - 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 203 - 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 suffereth not to live.
Page 144 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 219 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage : neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, "Ha, ha!" and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 125 - 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 141 - And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
Page 219 - 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.