The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 3J. Bohn, 1839 - Philosophy, English |
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... false belief they have that they can do such mischief , joined with their purpose to do it if they can ; their trade being nearer to a new religion than to a craft or science . And for fairies , and walking ghosts , the opinion of them ...
... false belief they have that they can do such mischief , joined with their purpose to do it if they can ; their trade being nearer to a new religion than to a craft or science . And for fairies , and walking ghosts , the opinion of them ...
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... false prophecies , and many other things depending thereon , by which crafty ambitious persons abuse the simple people , men would be much more fitted than they are for civil obedience . And this ought to be the work of the schools ...
... false prophecies , and many other things depending thereon , by which crafty ambitious persons abuse the simple people , men would be much more fitted than they are for civil obedience . And this ought to be the work of the schools ...
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... false . For true and false are attributes of speech , not of things . And where speech is not , there is neither truth nor falsehood ; error there may be , as when we expect that which shall not be , or suspect what has not been ; but ...
... false . For true and false are attributes of speech , not of things . And where speech is not , there is neither truth nor falsehood ; error there may be , as when we expect that which shall not be , or suspect what has not been ; but ...
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... false light of a glass window , for want of wit to consider which way they came in . So that in the right definition of names lies the first use of speech ; which is the acquisition of science and in wrong , or no definitions , lies the ...
... false light of a glass window , for want of wit to consider which way they came in . So that in the right definition of names lies the first use of speech ; which is the acquisition of science and in wrong , or no definitions , lies the ...
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... false , the two names of which it is com- posed , put together and made one , signify nothing at all . For example , if it be a false affirmation to say a quadrangle is round , the word round qua- drangle signifies nothing , but is a ...
... false , the two names of which it is com- posed , put together and made one , signify nothing at all . For example , if it be a false affirmation to say a quadrangle is round , the word round qua- drangle signifies nothing , but is a ...
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