The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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Page 12
... depends upon the knowl- edge of truth ; that is , upon the knowledge of those unalterable relations which Providence has ordained that every thing should bear to every other . These relations , which are truth itself , the foundation of ...
... depends upon the knowl- edge of truth ; that is , upon the knowledge of those unalterable relations which Providence has ordained that every thing should bear to every other . These relations , which are truth itself , the foundation of ...
Page 49
... depend , we behold these rights determined in the last resort , without the least attention even to the appearance or color of jus- tice ; we behold this without emotion , because we have grown up in the constant view of such practices ...
... depend , we behold these rights determined in the last resort , without the least attention even to the appearance or color of jus- tice ; we behold this without emotion , because we have grown up in the constant view of such practices ...
Page 89
... depends upon experience and observation , and not on the strength or weakness of any natural faculty ; and it is from this difference in knowledge , that what we commonly , though with no great exactness , call a dif ference in taste ...
... depends upon experience and observation , and not on the strength or weakness of any natural faculty ; and it is from this difference in knowledge , that what we commonly , though with no great exactness , call a dif ference in taste ...
Page 90
... depend upon a superior princi- ple in men , but upon superior knowledge , may appear from several instances . The story of the ancient paint- er and the shoemaker is very well known . The shoe- maker set the painter right with regard to ...
... depend upon a superior princi- ple in men , but upon superior knowledge , may appear from several instances . The story of the ancient paint- er and the shoemaker is very well known . The shoe- maker set the painter right with regard to ...
Page 96
... depend upon the naked reason ; and that men are far better agreed on the excellence of a description in Virgil , than on the truth or falsehood of a theory of Aristotle . A rectitude of judgment in the arts , which may be called a good ...
... depend upon the naked reason ; and that men are far better agreed on the excellence of a description in Virgil , than on the truth or falsehood of a theory of Aristotle . A rectitude of judgment in the arts , which may be called a good ...
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