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... antecedent probabil- ity , opposed by same , or examples , accumulated signs , progressive tendency ; value of all knowledge , 173–190 5. SEQUENCE OF ARGUMENTS . · Importance of good arrangement in order of proposi- tion , direct proofs ...
... antecedent probabil- ity , opposed by same , or examples , accumulated signs , progressive tendency ; value of all knowledge , 173–190 5. SEQUENCE OF ARGUMENTS . · Importance of good arrangement in order of proposi- tion , direct proofs ...
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Elias J. MacEwan. Natural sequence is , antecedent probability , exam- ple , sign ; reasons ; illustrations ; climax if possible ; use of summaries Refutation may come first or last , but better in the midst of constructive arguments ...
Elias J. MacEwan. Natural sequence is , antecedent probability , exam- ple , sign ; reasons ; illustrations ; climax if possible ; use of summaries Refutation may come first or last , but better in the midst of constructive arguments ...
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... C D cannot meet and are parallel . ” 1 See Antecedent Probability , Example and Analogy , and Sign , pages 124 , 146 , 158 , 173 . 2 Page 206 . Here the conclusions are reduced to two , one of 78 THE ESSENTIALS OF ARGUMENTATION .
... C D cannot meet and are parallel . ” 1 See Antecedent Probability , Example and Analogy , and Sign , pages 124 , 146 , 158 , 173 . 2 Page 206 . Here the conclusions are reduced to two , one of 78 THE ESSENTIALS OF ARGUMENTATION .
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... antecedent general condition . The general cause , condition , rule , law or truth , is reached by induction , a process proceed- ing from specific examples to a principle including all kindred cases . Long and continual practice in ...
... antecedent general condition . The general cause , condition , rule , law or truth , is reached by induction , a process proceed- ing from specific examples to a principle including all kindred cases . Long and continual practice in ...
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... antecedent of a phenomenon is probably its cause . " 2. Method of Difference . -If an instance in which the ... antecedents , and the residue of the phenomenon CLASSES OF ARGUMENTS . 115.
... antecedent of a phenomenon is probably its cause . " 2. Method of Difference . -If an instance in which the ... antecedents , and the residue of the phenomenon CLASSES OF ARGUMENTS . 115.
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Page 338 - Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up To such a sudden flood of mutiny.
Page 332 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe : censure me in your -wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 333 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him ; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Page 115 - If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation occurs, and an instance in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former; the circumstance in which alone the two instances differ is the effect, or the cause, or an indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon.
Page 338 - And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Page 337 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii. Look ! in this place, ran Cassius...
Page 257 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
Page 336 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason!
Page 25 - First, sir, permit me to observe that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment ; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again : and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
Page 280 - The assassin enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber.