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Page 129
... given proposition , but to the claim of that proposition on our assent as true ; it is an assent to an assent , or what is commonly called a con- viction . . . . Let the proposition to which the assent is given be as absolutely true as ...
... given proposition , but to the claim of that proposition on our assent as true ; it is an assent to an assent , or what is commonly called a con- viction . . . . Let the proposition to which the assent is given be as absolutely true as ...
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... given to jumping at the first solution that occurs to us , accepting it as a conclusion without examination and test . We are given also to gen- eralizing an idea far beyond support by evidence . We extend it to new cases without ...
... given to jumping at the first solution that occurs to us , accepting it as a conclusion without examination and test . We are given also to gen- eralizing an idea far beyond support by evidence . We extend it to new cases without ...
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... given combination of ( present ) circumstances , no assertion , which is both precise and universally true , can be ... given data ; still , as the data are never all given , nor ever precisely alike in different cases , we could neither ...
... given combination of ( present ) circumstances , no assertion , which is both precise and universally true , can be ... given data ; still , as the data are never all given , nor ever precisely alike in different cases , we could neither ...
Contents
Euthyphro Plato | 3 |
Two Meditations René Descartes | 18 |
Democracy | 23 |
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