The London Quarterly Review, Volume 17Theodore Foster, 1817 |
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... evidence , and to reject without any qualification whatever should appear to be in the slightest degree doubtful , he proceeds in quest of some truth upon which he may rely with con- fidence . The first which he discovers is , that he ...
... evidence , and to reject without any qualification whatever should appear to be in the slightest degree doubtful , he proceeds in quest of some truth upon which he may rely with con- fidence . The first which he discovers is , that he ...
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... evidence which naturally be- longs to these last , according to the different circumstances con- nected with the respective sources from which our various opinions proceed , they will have fulfilled every thing which they ought to ...
... evidence which naturally be- longs to these last , according to the different circumstances con- nected with the respective sources from which our various opinions proceed , they will have fulfilled every thing which they ought to ...
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... evidence of our senses , and of our reason , may be made a question ; that the existence of a material world , and the truth of the geometrical axioms , are points that may be debated , the discussion which arises is manifestly and ...
... evidence of our senses , and of our reason , may be made a question ; that the existence of a material world , and the truth of the geometrical axioms , are points that may be debated , the discussion which arises is manifestly and ...
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... evidence of con- sciousness . 4. The most important , however , of all his improvements in meta- physics , is the distinction which he has so clearly and so strongly drawn between the primary and the secondary qualities of matter . This ...
... evidence of con- sciousness . 4. The most important , however , of all his improvements in meta- physics , is the distinction which he has so clearly and so strongly drawn between the primary and the secondary qualities of matter . This ...
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to the evidence of consciousness , ' - if Descartes had simply said , that we can have no knowledge of any kind except by means of those feelings and ideas of which we are conscious ; he would not indeed have made a very original and ...
to the evidence of consciousness , ' - if Descartes had simply said , that we can have no knowledge of any kind except by means of those feelings and ideas of which we are conscious ; he would not indeed have made a very original and ...
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Page 341 - John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Page 357 - Population invariably increases where the means of subsistence increase, unless prevented by some very powerful and obvious checks. 3. These checks, and the checks which repress the superior power of population, and keep its effects on a level with the means of subsistence, are all resolvable into moral restraint, vice, and misery.
Page 155 - That he has sufficient reasons therefore for directing his talents to the amelioration of manners, there can be no doubt : — the next point of importance is to ascertain the particular class of society upon which his habits of life have enabled him to make the most accurate observations, and to the improvement of which his labours are most likely to contribute. We are happy to have it in our power to state, that the objects of his most sedulous care are of the softer sex. It is not indeed the sex...
Page 290 - I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden and frozen Lapland, rude and...
Page 351 - Taking the whole earth, instead of this island, emigration would of course be excluded; and, supposing the present population equal to a thousand millions, the human species would increase as the numbers, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256; and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
Page 125 - TWO FEMALE PRENTICES TO DEATH, AND HID THEM IN THE COAL-HOLE. For her mind Shaped strictest plans of discipline. Sage schemes ! Such as Lycurgus taught, when at the shrine Of the Orthyan goddess he bade flog The little Spartans ; such as erst chastised Our Milton, when at college.
Page 12 - ... uncomfortable, and did not feel his own personal identity, as it were, but seemed to have a mind different from his own natural mind, his thoughts wandering upon strange and unusual subjects, although perfectly sensible of surrounding objects. He next asked him how he knew it was the spirit of Toogoo Ahoo ? His answer was, " There's a fool ! How can I tell you how I knew it ? I felt and knew it was so by a kind of consciousness ; my mind told me that it was Toogoo Ahoo
Page 118 - To dispense justice to millions of people of various languages, manners, usages, and religions ; to administer a vast and complicated system of revenue, through districts equal in extent to some of the most considerable kingdoms in Europe ; to maintain civil order in one of the most populous and litigious regions in the world ; these are now the duties of the larger portion of the civil servants of the Company.
Page 351 - ... the human species would increase as the numbers, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable.
Page 290 - Men, to perform a generous action : in so free and kind a manner did they contribute to my relief, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught ; and if hungry, I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish.