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" T is evident, that all the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature, and that, however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another. "
The Works of Dugald Stewart: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith ... - Page 236
by Dugald Stewart - 1829
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Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man

Thomas Reid - 1850 - 496 pages
...science. Mr. Hume has justly observed, that " all the sciences have a relation to human nature ; and, however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another. This is the centre and capitol of the sciences, which being once masters of, we may easily extend our...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Reviews, Essays, and Addresses

Thomas Chalmers - 1851 - 554 pages
...from Mr. Hume the following sentence, that <4 all the sciences have a relation to human nature ; and, however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another. This is the centre and capital of the sciences, which being once masters of, we may easily extend our...
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The Christian Philosopher & Metaphysician: A Series of Tracts, to be ...

John Lord - 1852 - 360 pages
...certainty before we become acquainted with that science." Again he says in the same connection. "It is evident that all the sciences have a relation, greater or less to human nature and however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or an other....
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind

Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 514 pages
...from the lower animals.* The phenomena resulting from these * [" 'T is evident," says David Hume, " that all the sciences have a relation, greater or...mathematics, natural philosophy, and natural religion, arc in some measure dependent on the science of man ; since they lie under the cognizance of men, and...
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Philosophical Works, Volume 1

David Hume - 1854 - 470 pages
...unfold, and would esteem it a strong presump tion against it, were it so very easy and obvious. It is evident, that all the sciences have a relation,...one passage or another. Even Mathematics, Natural PMlosophy, and Natural Religion, are in some measure dependent on the science of MAN ; since they lie...
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The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart, Volume 1

Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 660 pages
...great objects of Mr. Hume's Treatise of Human Nature will be best explained in his own words. " Tis evident that all the sciences have a relation, greater...to human nature, and that, however wide any of them dation of some of the most necessary arts of civilized life. " I am sorry that our correspondence should...
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The Philosophy of Natural Theology: An Essay in Confutation of the ...

William Jackson - 1874 - 432 pages
...Nature on which he proposed to base all future philosophy. It is of course deeply interesting. " 'Tis evident that all the sciences have a relation, greater...one passage or another. Even Mathematics, Natural Philotophy, and Natural Religion, are in some measure dependent on the science of MAN ; since they...
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A Treatise on Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the ..., Volume 1

David Hume - 1874 - 604 pages
...unfold, and would esteem it a strong presumption against it, were it so very easy and obvious. 'Tis evident, that all the sciences have a relation, greater...still return back by one passage or another. Even Mathematies, Natural Philosophy, and Natural Religion, are in some measure dependent on the science...
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Introduction to the Study of Philosophy

John Henry Wilbrandt Stuckenberg - 1884 - 444 pages
...non-being, substance, time, space, force, causality, and the like. In the Introduction he says correctly, " that all the sciences have a relation, greater or...they still return back by one passage or another." How comprehensive he makes the system of human nature, is evident from the following : " There is no...
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Introduction to Philosophy: An Inquiry After a Rational System of Scientific ...

George Trumbull Ladd - 1891 - 474 pages
...more profound and difficult philosophical problems, in a " Treatise of Human Nature," by observing that " all the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature ; " and that " in pretending, therefore, to explain the principles of human nature, we in effect propose a compleat...
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