The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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... moral , with the principal distinctions between them 101 The nature and origin of experience . 108 Part III . The subdivisions of moral reasoning 114 1 Experience ... .. • • . ib . 2. Analogy 3. Testimony .. 120 122 4. Calculations of ...
... moral , with the principal distinctions between them 101 The nature and origin of experience . 108 Part III . The subdivisions of moral reasoning 114 1 Experience ... .. • • . ib . 2. Analogy 3. Testimony .. 120 122 4. Calculations of ...
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... moral reasoning , admit degrees of evidence , its perfection in point of eloquence , if so uncommon an application of the term may be al- lowed , consists in perspicuity . Perspicuity here re- sults entirely from propriety and ...
... moral reasoning , admit degrees of evidence , its perfection in point of eloquence , if so uncommon an application of the term may be al- lowed , consists in perspicuity . Perspicuity here re- sults entirely from propriety and ...
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... moral sentiments . Now the im- mediate view of whatever is directed to the imagina- tion ( whether the subject be things inanimate or ani- mal forms , whether characters , actions , incidents , or manners ) terminates in the ...
... moral sentiments . Now the im- mediate view of whatever is directed to the imagina- tion ( whether the subject be things inanimate or ani- mal forms , whether characters , actions , incidents , or manners ) terminates in the ...
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... morality a crime , The most notorious of the time ; Morality , which both the saints And wicked too cry out against ? ' Cause grace and virtue are within Prohibited degrees of kin : And therefore no true saint allows They shall be ...
... morality a crime , The most notorious of the time ; Morality , which both the saints And wicked too cry out against ? ' Cause grace and virtue are within Prohibited degrees of kin : And therefore no true saint allows They shall be ...
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... moral painting , and differs from wit only in these two things : first , in that character alone is the subject of the former , whereas all things whatever fall within the province of the latter ; secondly , humour paints more simply by ...
... moral painting , and differs from wit only in these two things : first , in that character alone is the subject of the former , whereas all things whatever fall within the province of the latter ; secondly , humour paints more simply by ...
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