Elements of Logic: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the Encyclopædia Metropolitana: with Additions, &cW. Jackson, 1834 - 359 páginas |
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Elements of Logic: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the ... Richard Whately Visualização integral - 1848 |
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abstract Adam Smith admitted Aldrich ambiguity animals antecedent applied argument Aristotle ascertain assertion belongs Cæsar called categorical Categorical propositions categorical syllogisms Chap Christian circumstance clusion common Conclusion connexion consequently considered Copula course definition denote Differentia Discovery distinct divine doctrine EDWARD COPLESTON employed Enthymeme error established evident expression fact Fallacy Fallacy of Division false former genus gism hence hypothetical Hypothetical Syllogisms ignoratio elenchi implied impossible individual Induction infer instance kind labor language Logical writers Logicians major Premiss Mathematics matter meaning ment merely middle term mind minor miracles mode Moods nature negative never notion object observed paronymous particular perhaps persons petitio principii practice predicate principles probably process of Reasoning properly proposition prove question referred regarded religion remarks respecting RICHARD WHATELY rience rules Science Scripture signify sion speaking Species strictly suppose Syllogism thing tion treatise true truth understood universal whole word
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Página 306 - Which of you convinceth me of sin ? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words : ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Página 325 - ... there is satisfactory evidence, that many, professing to be original witnesses of the Christian miracles, passed their lives in labours, dangers, and sufferings, voluntarily undergone in attestation of the accounts which they delivered, and solely in consequence of their belief of those accounts ; and that they also submitted, from the same motives, to new rules of conduct.
Página 20 - But God has not been so sparing to men to make them barely two-legged creatures, and left it to Aristotle to make them rational.
Página 291 - The word VALUE, it is to be observed, has two different meanings, and sometimes expresses the utility of some particular object, and sometimes the power of purchasing other goods which the possession of that object conveys. The one may be called "value in use;" the other, "value in exchange.
Página 150 - ... the sophist persuades the multitude, that a member of the House of Commons is bound to be guided in all points by the opinion of his constituents ; and, in short, to be merely their spokesman : whereas law and custom, which in this case may be considered as fixing the meaning of the term, require no such thing, but enjoin the representative to act according to the best of his own judgment, and on his own responsibility.
Página 174 - Sec., which he perhaps holds in abhorrence. Thus, when in a discussion one party vindicates, on the ground of general expediency, a particular instance of resistance to government in a case of intolerable oppression, the opponent may gravely maintain, that ' we ought not to do evil that good may come ;' a proposition which of course had never been denied, the point in dispute being, ' whether resistance in this particular case were doing evil or not.
Página 300 - Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.
Página 163 - fallacia accidentis ;" together with its converse, " fallacia a dicto secundum quid ad dictum simpliciter ;" in each of which the middle Term is used, in one Premiss to signify something considered simply, in itself, and as to its essence ; and in the other Premiss, so as to imply that its Accidents are taken into account with it : as in the wellknown example, " what is bought in the market is eaten ; raw meat is bought in the market ; therefore raw meat is eaten.
Página 218 - ... on the contrary, leads the mind from the conclusion to the premiss. Hence, the substantives derived from these words respectively, are often used to express that which, on each occasion, is last in the mind ; inference being often used to signify the conclusion (ie, proposition inferred), and proof, the premiss.
Página 94 - If this man were wise, he would not speak irreverently of Scripture in jest ; and if he were good, he would not do so in earnest ; but he does it either in jest or earnest; therefore he is either not wise, or not good*.