A New Translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric: With an Introduction and Appendix, Explaining Its Relation to His Exact Philosophy, and Vindicating that Philosophy, by Proofs that All Departures from it Have Been Deviations Into Error |
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... to the non - existence of ideas , pithy in argument . 22 Principles of Human Knowledge . Conf . Aristot . Analyt . l . i . c . 11. p . 141 . D'Alem- bert . 25 Principles of Human Knowledge , sect G2 ARISTOTLE'S RHETORIC . 83.
... to the non - existence of ideas , pithy in argument . 22 Principles of Human Knowledge . Conf . Aristot . Analyt . l . i . c . 11. p . 141 . D'Alem- bert . 25 Principles of Human Knowledge , sect G2 ARISTOTLE'S RHETORIC . 83.
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... argument : " The mind has never any thing present to it , but its perceptions , ( sensations or ideas , ) and cannot possibly reach any experience of their connection with objects . The supposi- tion , therefore , of such a connection ...
... argument : " The mind has never any thing present to it , but its perceptions , ( sensations or ideas , ) and cannot possibly reach any experience of their connection with objects . The supposi- tion , therefore , of such a connection ...
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... arguments , by the Bishop of Cloyne , and by the author of the Treatise of Human Nature . " 30 Mr. Stewart speaks to the same purpose . " It is but justice to Mr. Hume to acknowledge , that his Treatise furnished to Dr. Reid all the ...
... arguments , by the Bishop of Cloyne , and by the author of the Treatise of Human Nature . " 30 Mr. Stewart speaks to the same purpose . " It is but justice to Mr. Hume to acknowledge , that his Treatise furnished to Dr. Reid all the ...
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... argument against it , is at all intelligible ; and in every step of ratiocination , and every action of life , we are guided by its influence , or controuled by its authority . To Mr. Hume's theory of cause and effect , Hume's his ...
... argument against it , is at all intelligible ; and in every step of ratiocination , and every action of life , we are guided by its influence , or controuled by its authority . To Mr. Hume's theory of cause and effect , Hume's his ...
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... arguments reason may urge to the contrary . This curious controversy , as conducted by men certainly of the first rate abilities , cannot fail to remind those who have ever heard it , of a noted story which , though not exactly suited ...
... arguments reason may urge to the contrary . This curious controversy , as conducted by men certainly of the first rate abilities , cannot fail to remind those who have ever heard it , of a noted story which , though not exactly suited ...
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