The Connexion of Natural and Divine Truth: Or, The Study of the Inductive Philosophy, Considered as Subservient to Theology |
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... advance is too often impeded , the proper relation and dependence of the several parts and stages of the inquiry dis- turbed , and the connexion and force of the whole broken and destroyed . The importance and precise office of physical ...
... advance is too often impeded , the proper relation and dependence of the several parts and stages of the inquiry dis- turbed , and the connexion and force of the whole broken and destroyed . The importance and precise office of physical ...
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... advance- ment , and the prolific source of innumerable advan- tages , -mental , moral , and physical . It has opened the path now universally recognised as alone leading to the correct interpretation of nature ; of that stupendous order ...
... advance- ment , and the prolific source of innumerable advan- tages , -mental , moral , and physical . It has opened the path now universally recognised as alone leading to the correct interpretation of nature ; of that stupendous order ...
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... advance , by the mere subtilty of their reasoning powers , to a comprehension of the entire system of the material universe . But the appeal to experiment and observation , and the high and pure physical philosophy inculcated by Bacon ...
... advance , by the mere subtilty of their reasoning powers , to a comprehension of the entire system of the material universe . But the appeal to experiment and observation , and the high and pure physical philosophy inculcated by Bacon ...
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... advance from individual facts to general conclusions , -to hazard inferences from the known to the unknown . Grounds of Inductive Conclusion . WE have then next to inquire with what reason- able confidence can we make such inference ...
... advance from individual facts to general conclusions , -to hazard inferences from the known to the unknown . Grounds of Inductive Conclusion . WE have then next to inquire with what reason- able confidence can we make such inference ...
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... advance in the accurate study both of mental and material phenomena , the belief in the existence of this uniformity becomes , in fact , the basis of all acquisition of knowledge , and enables 20 EVIDENCE OF PHYSICAL TRUTH .
... advance in the accurate study both of mental and material phenomena , the belief in the existence of this uniformity becomes , in fact , the basis of all acquisition of knowledge , and enables 20 EVIDENCE OF PHYSICAL TRUTH .
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