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... I was nurtured to letters from my childhood ; and , as I was led to believe that by their means we might acquire a clear and certain knowledge of all that is useful in life , I had an extreme desire to attain proficiency therein .
... I was nurtured to letters from my childhood ; and , as I was led to believe that by their means we might acquire a clear and certain knowledge of all that is useful in life , I had an extreme desire to attain proficiency therein .
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... that , had God so pleased , two and two might not have made four , and the three angles of a triangle have been not equal to two right angles , suf- ficiently prove that with him to believe was still more easy than to doubt .
... that , had God so pleased , two and two might not have made four , and the three angles of a triangle have been not equal to two right angles , suf- ficiently prove that with him to believe was still more easy than to doubt .
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Hence , also , his continual assertion of his purely hypothetical solutions of phenomena , when he evidently believes them the true ones . In short , he did as all men เ in the same predicament are apt to do ; 14 GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF ...
Hence , also , his continual assertion of his purely hypothetical solutions of phenomena , when he evidently believes them the true ones . In short , he did as all men เ in the same predicament are apt to do ; 14 GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF ...
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tion of the presence of other beings besides ourselves , may be trusted ; and thus we are at last at liberty to believe that there is an external world . - Now it has been well remarked by critics , both contemporaneous and subsequent ...
tion of the presence of other beings besides ourselves , may be trusted ; and thus we are at last at liberty to believe that there is an external world . - Now it has been well remarked by critics , both contemporaneous and subsequent ...
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The speculators , however , who are not so plenarily convinced of this , must con- tent themselves with congratulating him that he may now believe in their existence , but that they , so long as they have no other than his principles of ...
The speculators , however , who are not so plenarily convinced of this , must con- tent themselves with congratulating him that he may now believe in their existence , but that they , so long as they have no other than his principles of ...
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| Titel | Essays, Selected from Contributions to the Edinburgh Review: Supplementary vol Bind 3 af Essays, Selected from Contributions to the Edinburgh Review, Henry Rogers |
| Forfatter | Henry Rogers |
| Udgiver | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855 |
| Oprindeligt fra | Oxford University |
| Digitaliseret | 18. maj 2007 |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |