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Edmund Burke. of enjoyments . A constitution of things this , strange and ridiculous beyond expression ! We scarce believe a thing when we are told it , which we actually see before our eyes every day without being in the least surprised ...
Edmund Burke. of enjoyments . A constitution of things this , strange and ridiculous beyond expression ! We scarce believe a thing when we are told it , which we actually see before our eyes every day without being in the least surprised ...
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... things , we have given our necks to the yoke of political and theological slavery . We have renounced the prerogative of man , and it is no wonder that we should be treated like beasts . But our misery is much greater than theirs , as ...
... things , we have given our necks to the yoke of political and theological slavery . We have renounced the prerogative of man , and it is no wonder that we should be treated like beasts . But our misery is much greater than theirs , as ...
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... things of a similar nature , and even with things of a contrary nature ; for discoveries may be , and often are , made by the contrast , which would escape us on the single view . The greater number of the comparisons we make , the more ...
... things of a similar nature , and even with things of a contrary nature ; for discoveries may be , and often are , made by the contrast , which would escape us on the single view . The greater number of the comparisons we make , the more ...
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... thing defined ; but let the virtue of a definition be what it will , in the order of things , it seems rather to follow than to precede our in- quiry , of which it ought to be considered as the result . It must be acknowledged , that ...
... thing defined ; but let the virtue of a definition be what it will , in the order of things , it seems rather to follow than to precede our in- quiry , of which it ought to be considered as the result . It must be acknowledged , that ...
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... things , this sceptical proceeding will make every sort of reasoning on every subject vain and frivolous , even that sceptical reasoning itself which had persuaded us to enter- tain a doubt concerning the agreement of our perceptions ...
... things , this sceptical proceeding will make every sort of reasoning on every subject vain and frivolous , even that sceptical reasoning itself which had persuaded us to enter- tain a doubt concerning the agreement of our perceptions ...
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