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... action . Whence the common order of demonstrating is absolutely inverted ; for instead of flying immediately from the senses , and particulars , to generals , as to certain fixed poles , about which disputes always turn , and deriving ...
... action . Whence the common order of demonstrating is absolutely inverted ; for instead of flying immediately from the senses , and particulars , to generals , as to certain fixed poles , about which disputes always turn , and deriving ...
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... action and business , and leads to a love of retirement ; 5. That it introduces a relaxation in government , as every man is more ready to argue than obey ; whence Cato the censor - when Carneades came am- bassador to Rome , and the ...
... action and business , and leads to a love of retirement ; 5. That it introduces a relaxation in government , as every man is more ready to argue than obey ; whence Cato the censor - when Carneades came am- bassador to Rome , and the ...
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... action according to nature , and agreeable to the health of the mind , as exercise is to that of the body : so that , of all men , they are the most indefatigable in such business as may deservedly fill and employ the mind . And if ...
... action according to nature , and agreeable to the health of the mind , as exercise is to that of the body : so that , of all men , they are the most indefatigable in such business as may deservedly fill and employ the mind . And if ...
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... actions , whence vulgar capaci- ties judge of them in greater matters by what they find them in small . " But this consequence often deceives ; for we may here justly apply the saying of Themistocles , who being asked to touch a lute ...
... actions , whence vulgar capaci- ties judge of them in greater matters by what they find them in small . " But this consequence often deceives ; for we may here justly apply the saying of Themistocles , who being asked to touch a lute ...
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... with the equivalent of his action . - Ed . 67 " Hic ab arte sua non recessit . " - Tuscul . Quæst . i . c . 10 . 48 Arist . De Gener . et Corrup . lib . 1 . Another error is , an impatience of doubting and a 64 ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING.
... with the equivalent of his action . - Ed . 67 " Hic ab arte sua non recessit . " - Tuscul . Quæst . i . c . 10 . 48 Arist . De Gener . et Corrup . lib . 1 . Another error is , an impatience of doubting and a 64 ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING.
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