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Thomas Fowler. Term . A collective term may by a slight change of phraseology be expressed as a common term ... Abstract Terms , which ex- press attributes or groups of attributes only ... terms have , in fact , no VARIOUS KINDS OF TERMS 13.
Thomas Fowler. Term . A collective term may by a slight change of phraseology be expressed as a common term ... Abstract Terms , which ex- press attributes or groups of attributes only ... terms have , in fact , no VARIOUS KINDS OF TERMS 13.
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... Terms , on the other hand , not only express mere attributes or groups of attributes , but may be thought of without ... abstract terms . It must however be borne in mind that many of those attri- butives and abstract terms which are ...
... Terms , on the other hand , not only express mere attributes or groups of attributes , but may be thought of without ... abstract terms . It must however be borne in mind that many of those attri- butives and abstract terms which are ...
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... terms , though they still retain in other connexions their use as abstract terms or attributives . This remark will be found of great importance in some of the subsequent sections . Note 1. - Nothing has been said above of the com- mon ...
... terms , though they still retain in other connexions their use as abstract terms or attributives . This remark will be found of great importance in some of the subsequent sections . Note 1. - Nothing has been said above of the com- mon ...
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... abstract terms , be- cause they are more nearly allied to singular , collective , and common terms , being , for the most part , either pre- dicated of these terms or employed to qualify them . They seem also as a rule to precede abstract ...
... abstract terms , be- cause they are more nearly allied to singular , collective , and common terms , being , for the most part , either pre- dicated of these terms or employed to qualify them . They seem also as a rule to precede abstract ...
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... terms however are appropriated to individual objects or groups of objects in order to distinguish them from others ... abstract terms can hardly fail to suggest the earlier and more concrete , and it is so because the earlier terms of ...
... terms however are appropriated to individual objects or groups of objects in order to distinguish them from others ... abstract terms can hardly fail to suggest the earlier and more concrete , and it is so because the earlier terms of ...
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