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Page vii
... supposed to be impostors or dupes . * Hic liber est in quo quærit sua dogmata quisque , Invenit et pariter dogmata quisque sua . Which has been translated , and more , as follows : - One day at least in every week , The sects of every ...
... supposed to be impostors or dupes . * Hic liber est in quo quærit sua dogmata quisque , Invenit et pariter dogmata quisque sua . Which has been translated , and more , as follows : - One day at least in every week , The sects of every ...
Page xii
... supposed that some tricky wonder- monger had stuck the bill of a duck upon the neck of a quadruped . What a grand resource is belief in imposture ! There are savages , we are told , who fill their stomachs with clay when food is scarce ...
... supposed that some tricky wonder- monger had stuck the bill of a duck upon the neck of a quadruped . What a grand resource is belief in imposture ! There are savages , we are told , who fill their stomachs with clay when food is scarce ...
Page xxi
... supposed to have been the guiding star of all subsequent successes . But Bacon was great as a destroyer , feeble as a constructor : he could upset , but he could not set up . His plan was to collect all the facts ; after which , to use ...
... supposed to have been the guiding star of all subsequent successes . But Bacon was great as a destroyer , feeble as a constructor : he could upset , but he could not set up . His plan was to collect all the facts ; after which , to use ...
Page xxxi
... supposed to define ' philosophy ' as being the handling of all that cannot be proved either by pure logic applied to un- controverted * postulates , by the senses , or by testimony : there is much to be said for this definition , but ...
... supposed to define ' philosophy ' as being the handling of all that cannot be proved either by pure logic applied to un- controverted * postulates , by the senses , or by testimony : there is much to be said for this definition , but ...
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... supposed , how does it happen that hours sometimes pass without any manifestation at all taking place ? But , even after a large deduction is made for imposture on the part of the ' medium , ' and for credulity and self - deception on ...
... supposed , how does it happen that hours sometimes pass without any manifestation at all taking place ? But , even after a large deduction is made for imposture on the part of the ' medium , ' and for credulity and self - deception on ...
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