Logic for the Million; a Familiar Exposition of the Art of ReasoningLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1857 - 390 pages |
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... kind of study Berkeley was led to doubt the existence of matter , and Hume that of mind . " No man , " observes Mr. Blakey , appears more unfit for argumentative discussion , on the common and every - day topics which engage the ...
... kind of study Berkeley was led to doubt the existence of matter , and Hume that of mind . " No man , " observes Mr. Blakey , appears more unfit for argumentative discussion , on the common and every - day topics which engage the ...
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... kind of attributes . The usual way in which we define or describe anything , is by an enume- ration of its attributes . We shall here adduce a few pro- positions expressing this relation , and then we shall show how this relation is ...
... kind of attributes . The usual way in which we define or describe anything , is by an enume- ration of its attributes . We shall here adduce a few pro- positions expressing this relation , and then we shall show how this relation is ...
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... kind are often expressed in a con- ditional form . Thus , we may say - If this be a magnet , it will attract iron . If this be an oyster , it is good for food . If he be a wise son , he will obey his father's instruction . If he be an ...
... kind are often expressed in a con- ditional form . Thus , we may say - If this be a magnet , it will attract iron . If this be an oyster , it is good for food . If he be a wise son , he will obey his father's instruction . If he be an ...
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... kind of argument so as to form two propositions , which they usually place under one another , and the conclusion under them ; and these three propositions taken together they call a syllogism ; thus- Sir Robert Peel had a taste for the ...
... kind of argument so as to form two propositions , which they usually place under one another , and the conclusion under them ; and these three propositions taken together they call a syllogism ; thus- Sir Robert Peel had a taste for the ...
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... kind of argument expressed in a different form : - - " The example of Virgil shows that a great poet may be seduced into some faults by the practice of imitation . " " A man remarkable for his knowledge and policy , the wisdom of his ...
... kind of argument expressed in a different form : - - " The example of Virgil shows that a great poet may be seduced into some faults by the practice of imitation . " " A man remarkable for his knowledge and policy , the wisdom of his ...
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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.