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... tion . He has naturally been anxious to minimize the number of alterations , and in some cases has felt that the adoption of suggestions , however valuable in them- selves , would interfere with the unity or consistency of the book . To ...
... tion . He has naturally been anxious to minimize the number of alterations , and in some cases has felt that the adoption of suggestions , however valuable in them- selves , would interfere with the unity or consistency of the book . To ...
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... tion these works will afford much valuable assistance on points which are little noticed by ordinary writers on the science . An Index and a Collection of Examples have been added to the present edition . It is perhaps superfluous to ...
... tion these works will afford much valuable assistance on points which are little noticed by ordinary writers on the science . An Index and a Collection of Examples have been added to the present edition . It is perhaps superfluous to ...
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... tion , and the Special Rules of the Figures . IV . Trains of Reasoning ( the Sorites ) V. Complex ( Hypothetical ) Propositions and Syllogisms § 1. Division of Complex Propositions into Conjunctive and Disjunctive . § 2. Conjunctive ...
... tion , and the Special Rules of the Figures . IV . Trains of Reasoning ( the Sorites ) V. Complex ( Hypothetical ) Propositions and Syllogisms § 1. Division of Complex Propositions into Conjunctive and Disjunctive . § 2. Conjunctive ...
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... tion and comparison , and is thus not one of the ultimate acts or operations to which our mental phenomena are traceable , it would have been beside our purpose to have noticed it in the text . Note 3. - We have employed the expression ...
... tion and comparison , and is thus not one of the ultimate acts or operations to which our mental phenomena are traceable , it would have been beside our purpose to have noticed it in the text . Note 3. - We have employed the expression ...
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... tion , or the extensive and intensive capacities , of the term are so related , that as the one increases the other de- creases , and vice versā . Thus , if we arrange in order any series of common terms , as flower , rose , moss - rose ...
... tion , or the extensive and intensive capacities , of the term are so related , that as the one increases the other de- creases , and vice versā . Thus , if we arrange in order any series of common terms , as flower , rose , moss - rose ...
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