The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 - English language |
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Page xiv
... Probability 174 Part II . Plausibility ib . Part III . Importance 182 • Part IV . Proximity of time • · • 184 Part V. Connection of place ' .. ' . 186 Part VI . Relation to the persons concerned • . 187 Part VII . Interest in the ...
... Probability 174 Part II . Plausibility ib . Part III . Importance 182 • Part IV . Proximity of time • · • 184 Part V. Connection of place ' .. ' . 186 Part VI . Relation to the persons concerned • . 187 Part VII . Interest in the ...
Page xvi
... probability of success . Further , if the logical art , and the ethical , be use- ful , eloquence is useful , as it instructs us how these arts must be applied for the conviction and the per- et objecta facultatum animæ humanæ . que ...
... probability of success . Further , if the logical art , and the ethical , be use- ful , eloquence is useful , as it instructs us how these arts must be applied for the conviction and the per- et objecta facultatum animæ humanæ . que ...
Page 105
... probability , upon the whole , is in the proportion which the evidence on the side that pre- ponderates bears to its opposite . We usually say , in- deed , that the evidence lies on such a side of the ques- tion , and not on the reverse ...
... probability , upon the whole , is in the proportion which the evidence on the side that pre- ponderates bears to its opposite . We usually say , in- deed , that the evidence lies on such a side of the ques- tion , and not on the reverse ...
Page 106
... probabilities on one side , outweigh those on the other . THE fourth and last difference I shall observe is , that scientific evidence is simple , consisting of only one co- herent series , every part of which depends on the pre- ceding ...
... probabilities on one side , outweigh those on the other . THE fourth and last difference I shall observe is , that scientific evidence is simple , consisting of only one co- herent series , every part of which depends on the pre- ceding ...
Page 121
... probability from the degrees of similarity , in the different cases . It is presumeable that the former of these ways has the earliest influence , when the mind , unaccustomed to reflection , forms but a weak association , and con ...
... probability from the degrees of similarity , in the different cases . It is presumeable that the former of these ways has the earliest influence , when the mind , unaccustomed to reflection , forms but a weak association , and con ...
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