The Works of George Berkeley, Volume 3J. F. Dove, 1820 |
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... true in the mathematics : but that which is not so , the less it imploys men's time and thoughts , the better . And after all you have said or can say , I believe the unpreju- diced reader will think with me , that things obscure are ...
... true in the mathematics : but that which is not so , the less it imploys men's time and thoughts , the better . And after all you have said or can say , I believe the unpreju- diced reader will think with me , that things obscure are ...
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... true , and that I have a right to publish such truths when and how I please in a free country . V. I do not say , that mathematicians , as such , are infidels ; or that geometry is a friend to infidelity , which you untruly insinuate ...
... true , and that I have a right to publish such truths when and how I please in a free country . V. I do not say , that mathematicians , as such , are infidels ; or that geometry is a friend to infidelity , which you untruly insinuate ...
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... true ; nor will it follow , that I have no right to ex- amine them on the foot of human science , even though religion were quite unconcerned , and though I had no end to serve but truth . But you are very angry ( p . 13 and 14 ) that I ...
... true ; nor will it follow , that I have no right to ex- amine them on the foot of human science , even though religion were quite unconcerned , and though I had no end to serve but truth . But you are very angry ( p . 13 and 14 ) that I ...
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... true spirit of an inquisitor . Whether this becomes a person so exceeding delicate himself upon that point ? And whether your brethren the analysts will think themselves honoured or obliged by you , for having de- fended their doctrine ...
... true spirit of an inquisitor . Whether this becomes a person so exceeding delicate himself upon that point ? And whether your brethren the analysts will think themselves honoured or obliged by you , for having de- fended their doctrine ...
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... by ma- thematicians , which are neither evident nor true . And , such points or principles ever mixing with their reason- ings do lead them into paradoxes and perplexities . If 14 A defence of free - THINKING , & c .
... by ma- thematicians , which are neither evident nor true . And , such points or principles ever mixing with their reason- ings do lead them into paradoxes and perplexities . If 14 A defence of free - THINKING , & c .
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