Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... universe , retiring with modesty , wherever he is pleased to as- sign limits to our inquiry . Assumption is an arrogant and unpardonable presumption , whenever it is used as the corner - stone of a theoretic structure , discreditable to ...
... universe , retiring with modesty , wherever he is pleased to as- sign limits to our inquiry . Assumption is an arrogant and unpardonable presumption , whenever it is used as the corner - stone of a theoretic structure , discreditable to ...
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... universe ; he wills , and the motions are . The human body is the theatre of the opera- tions of the human soul ; it wills , and the body instantaneously obeys . These are facts evinced in both ; but how , is as unknown to us in the ...
... universe ; he wills , and the motions are . The human body is the theatre of the opera- tions of the human soul ; it wills , and the body instantaneously obeys . These are facts evinced in both ; but how , is as unknown to us in the ...
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... universe . True philosophy does not guide facts , but is guided by them ; she supposes nothing ; she simply infers , but only on the authority of facts . Her steps are modest but sure ; and though her pro- gress is slower than that of ...
... universe . True philosophy does not guide facts , but is guided by them ; she supposes nothing ; she simply infers , but only on the authority of facts . Her steps are modest but sure ; and though her pro- gress is slower than that of ...
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... universe , among which I include the involuntary motions of the human system . These are so nu- merous , that to examine them all , and trace them to their originating cause , would be as impossible , with respect to time , as it is ...
... universe , among which I include the involuntary motions of the human system . These are so nu- merous , that to examine them all , and trace them to their originating cause , would be as impossible , with respect to time , as it is ...
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... universe , constantly issues . For that the same law , by which a stone gravitates to the Earth , governs all the bo- dies in our system , is demonstrable from this fact . By two processes totally diffe- rent , the one founded on ...
... universe , constantly issues . For that the same law , by which a stone gravitates to the Earth , governs all the bo- dies in our system , is demonstrable from this fact . By two processes totally diffe- rent , the one founded on ...
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