Logic for the Million; a Familiar Exposition of the Art of ReasoningLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1854 - 392 pages |
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... sometimes the terms , though simply the language of advice or command , will imply a logical pro- cess : thus- " Go to the ant , thou sluggard ; consider her ways and be wise , " which implies that there is some con- nexion between ...
... sometimes the terms , though simply the language of advice or command , will imply a logical pro- cess : thus- " Go to the ant , thou sluggard ; consider her ways and be wise , " which implies that there is some con- nexion between ...
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... for them to do so as it is for dogs to bark or birds to sing . And when they reason about things they under- stand , they generally reason well . But sometimes they 10 LOGIC FOR THE MILLION , The utility of the Art of Reasoning.
... for them to do so as it is for dogs to bark or birds to sing . And when they reason about things they under- stand , they generally reason well . But sometimes they 10 LOGIC FOR THE MILLION , The utility of the Art of Reasoning.
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James William Gilbart. stand , they generally reason well . But sometimes they reason ill ; and ' tis the business of the art of reasoning to show them when they reason ill , and to teach them how to reason well . Such an art cannot be ...
James William Gilbart. stand , they generally reason well . But sometimes they reason ill ; and ' tis the business of the art of reasoning to show them when they reason ill , and to teach them how to reason well . Such an art cannot be ...
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... sometimes so mingled with their very constitution by nature , or by distemper of body , that a cloudy day and lowering sky shall strongly incline them to form an opinion both of themselves , and of persons and things round about them ...
... sometimes so mingled with their very constitution by nature , or by distemper of body , that a cloudy day and lowering sky shall strongly incline them to form an opinion both of themselves , and of persons and things round about them ...
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... sometimes led away captives to error by the soft air of address , and the sweet and engaging methods of persuasion and kindness ... " There is another manner of proposing our own opinion , or rather opposing the opinions of others ...
... sometimes led away captives to error by the soft air of address , and the sweet and engaging methods of persuasion and kindness ... " There is another manner of proposing our own opinion , or rather opposing the opinions of others ...
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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 366 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
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 15 - Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naamau was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage.
Page 237 - But when I saw that they walked not uprightly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter, before them all ; If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews...
Page 54 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
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 38 - But whoso hath this world's goods, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Page 16 - Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people...