 | John Gill - Theology, Doctrinal - 1796 - 570 pages
...xxxv i. 23. he cannot do any thing that implies a contradiction; he cannot make contradictions true ; a thing to be, and not to be at the same tune; or make a thing not to have been that has been c ; he can make a thing not to be, which is, or has been,... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 462 pages
...which I am at present conscious, my conviction is reducible to this axiom, or coincident with it, " It is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at " the same time." Now, when I say, I trust entirely to the clear report of my memory, I mean a good deal more... | |
 | John Aikin - Biography - 1807 - 684 pages
...of their velocities. He proposes two principles as the foundation of all our knowledge; the first, that it is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time, which, he says, is the foundation of speculative truth. The other is, that nothing is without... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 486 pages
...some things which are absolutely impossible, and others which are only so exparte; as it is absolutely impossible for a thing to be, and not to be at the same time : But for a stone to move naturally upward, is only impossible ex parte materife; but it is not... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 552 pages
...velocities. Mr. Leibnitz proposes two principles as the foundation of all our knowledge ; the first, that it is impossible for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time, which, he says is the foundation of speculative truth ; and secondly, that nothing is without... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 558 pages
...velocities. Mr. Leibnitz proposes two principles as the foundation of all our knowledge ; the first, that it is impossible for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time, which, he says is the foundation of speculative truth; and secondly, that nothing is without... | |
 | Biography - 1815 - 558 pages
...velocities. Mr. Leibnitz proposes two principles as the foundation of all our knowledge; the first, that it is impossible for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time, which, he says is the foundation of speculative truth; and secondly, that nothing is without... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 438 pages
...act or produce any other thing similar or dissimilar to itself: unless it can be supposed possible for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time; which is a palpable absurdity. It follows therefore, from these premises, that there is an eternal... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1826 - 536 pages
...for why is it a self-contradiction, or an impossibility ? " It is impossible," said M. Leibnitz, " for a thing to be and not to be at the same time." This impossibility I admit ; because, to assert the contrary, would imply a self-contradiction... | |
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Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time. 
