The Works of George Berkeley, Volume 3J. F. Dove, 1820 |
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... method of fluxions ? " It must be acknowledged you seem by this dilemma secure in the favour of one part of your readers , and the ignorance of the other . I am nevertheless per- suaded there are fair and candid men among the mathe ...
... method of fluxions ? " It must be acknowledged you seem by this dilemma secure in the favour of one part of your readers , and the ignorance of the other . I am nevertheless per- suaded there are fair and candid men among the mathe ...
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... method ; will not this furnish a fair argu- mentum ad hominem against men , who reject that very thing in religion which they admit in human learning ? And is it not a proper way to abate the pride and dis- 1 credit the pretensions of ...
... method ; will not this furnish a fair argu- mentum ad hominem against men , who reject that very thing in religion which they admit in human learning ? And is it not a proper way to abate the pride and dis- 1 credit the pretensions of ...
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... method of lessening or detracting from my opponents . ( Ibid . ) You accuse me of the odium theologicum , the intemperate zeal of divines , that I do stare super vias antiquas , " ( p . 13 ) ; with much more to the same effect . For all ...
... method of lessening or detracting from my opponents . ( Ibid . ) You accuse me of the odium theologicum , the intemperate zeal of divines , that I do stare super vias antiquas , " ( p . 13 ) ; with much more to the same effect . For all ...
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... method of detracting from great men , as a concerted project to lessen their reputa- tion , as making them pass for impostors . If I publish my free thoughts , which I have as much right to pub- lish as any other man , it is imputed to ...
... method of detracting from great men , as a concerted project to lessen their reputa- tion , as making them pass for impostors . If I publish my free thoughts , which I have as much right to pub- lish as any other man , it is imputed to ...
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George Berkeley. self . And yet this doth not hinder but the method may be useful , considered as an art of invention . You , who are a mathematician , must acknowledge , there have been divers such methods admitted in mathematics ...
George Berkeley. self . And yet this doth not hinder but the method may be useful , considered as an art of invention . You , who are a mathematician , must acknowledge , there have been divers such methods admitted in mathematics ...
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