 ... transference of the name of the first to the second ; and that, in consequence of the other affinities which connect the remaining objects together, the same name may pass in succession from B to C ; from C to D ; and from D to E ? In this manner...  Select Pieces in Verse and Prose - Page 176by John Bowdler - 1816 - 617 pagesFull view - About this book
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...oh kit? may, in their nature and properties, be to widely diftant from each other, that no ft retch of imagination can conceive how the thoughts were led from the former to the latter. The tranfitions, nevertheleß, may bave }>een all fo eafy and gradual, that, were they luccefefully detectad... | |
 | English literature - 1812 - 704 pages
...objefts may, in their nature and properties, be fo widely diftant from each other, that no ftretch of imagination can conceive how the thoughts were led from the former to the latter. The tranfitions, neverthelefs, may have been all fo eafy and gradual, that, were they fuccefsfully detected... | |
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...to D ; and from D to E ? In this manner, a common appellation will arise between A and E, although the two objects may, in their nature and properties,...fortunate ingenuity of a theorist, we should instantly recognise, not only the verisimilitude, but the truth of the conjecture ; — in the same way as we... | |
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...to D ; and from D to E ? In this manner, a common appellation will arise between A and E, although the two objects may, in their nature and properties,...not only the verisimilitude, but the truth of the conjecture;—in the same way as we admit with the confidence of intuitive conviction, the certainty... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 448 pages
...to D ; and from D to E ? In this manner, a common appellation will arise between A and E, although the two objects may, in their nature and properties,...fortunate ingenuity of a theorist, we should instantly • Translation of the Memorabilia, by Mrs. Fielding. recognize, not only the verisimilitude, but the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1843 - 648 pages
...C to D ; and from D to E ? In this manner a common appellation will arise between A and E, although the two objects may, in their nature and properties,...fortunate ingenuity of a theorist, we should instantly recognise, not only the verisimilitude, but the truth of the conjecture : in the same way as we admit,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1846 - 624 pages
...from D to E ? In thia • P. 217, manner a common appellation will arise between A and E, although the two objects may, in their nature and properties,...led from the former to the latter. The 'transitions, rfevertheless, may have been all se easy" and gradual, that, were they successfully detected by the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1852 - 640 pages
...E ? In this * P. 217, 4to edition. manner a common appellation will arise between A and E, although the two objects may, in their nature and properties,...theorist, we should instantly recognize, not only tin1 verisimilitude, but the truth of the conjecture : in the same way as we admit, with the confidence... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 542 pages
...to D ; and from D to E ? In this manner, a common appellation will arise between A and E, although the two objects may, in their nature and properties, be so widely distant from each other, that no streteh of imagination can conceive how the thoughts were led from the former to the latter. The transitions,... | |
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...to D ; and from D to E ? In this manner, a common appellation will arise between A and E, although the two objects may, in their nature and properties,...fortunate ingenuity of a theorist, we should instantly recognise, not only the verisimilitude, but the truth of the conjecture : in the same way as we admit,... | |
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