 | Jones Quain - Anatomy - 1837 - 1244 pages
...arrived at a knowledge of the laws which govern the material world. As things are conducted at present, a sudden transition is made from sensible objects...general propositions, which are accounted principles, round which, as round so many fixed poles, disputation and argument continually revolve. From propositions... | |
 | Jones Quain - Anatomy - 1837 - 536 pages
...from sensible objects and particular facts to general propositions, which are accounted principles, round which, as round so many fixed poles, disputation and argument continually revolve. From propositions thus hastily assumed, all things are derived by a process compendious and precipitate,... | |
 | 1841 - 632 pages
...may easily be referred to the mental philosophers of our own,) " as things are at present conducted, a sudden transition is made from sensible objects...propositions, which are accounted principles, and which, as round so many fixed poles, disputation and argument continually revolve. From the propositions... | |
 | Phrenology - 1841 - 608 pages
...may easily be referred to the mental philosophers of our own,) " as things are at present conducted, a sudden transition is made from sensible objects...propositions, which are accounted principles, and which, as round so many fixed poles, disputation and argument continually revolve. From the propositions... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...at the knowledge of the laws which govern the material world.' 'As things are at present conducted, ¿discovery, but wonderfully accommodated to debate. The way that promises success is the reverse of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...at the knowledge of the laws which govern the material world.' ' As things are at present conducted, x x anil precipitate, Ш suited to discovery, but wonderfully accommodated to debate. The way that promises... | |
 | Robert Blakey - Cognitive science - 1848 - 546 pages
...clearly mark them out as objects of certain and precise knowledge. Neither can it arise from any want of ability in those who have pursued such inquiries,...promises success is the reverse of this. It requires we should generalize slowly, going from particular things to those that are but one step more general;... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...at the knowledge of the laws which govern the material world.' 'As things are at present conducted, u arc derived, by a process compendious and precipitate, ill suited todiscovery, but wonderfully accommodated... | |
 | Robert Blakey - Philosophy - 1850 - 546 pages
...aeeounted prineiples, and round whieh, .as round so many fixed poles, disputation and argumept eontinually revolve. From the propositions thus hastily assumed, all things are . derived by a proeess eompendious and preeipitate ; ill suited to diseovery, but wonderfully aeeommodated to debate.... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - Philosophers - 1851 - 248 pages
...at the knowledge of the laws which govern the material world. " As things are at present conducted a sudden transition is made from sensible objects...process compendious and precipitate, ill suited to dis<Jfcvery, but wonderfully accommodated to debate. " The way that promises success is the reverse... | |
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As things are at present conducted," he adds, " a sudden transition is made from sensible objects and particular facts to general propositions, which are accounted principles, and round which, as round so many fixed poles, disputation and argument continually... 
