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... give lustre to his own name , than light to the minds of others . We offer no violence , and spread no nets for the judgments of men , but lead them on tỏ things themselves , and their relations ; that they may view their own stores ...
... give lustre to his own name , than light to the minds of others . We offer no violence , and spread no nets for the judgments of men , but lead them on tỏ things themselves , and their relations ; that they may view their own stores ...
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... gives the substance , or general description of the knowledge which mankind at present possess ; choosing to dwell a ... give more than the bare titles , or short heads of what we desire to have done ; with particular care , where the ...
... gives the substance , or general description of the knowledge which mankind at present possess ; choosing to dwell a ... give more than the bare titles , or short heads of what we desire to have done ; with particular care , where the ...
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... give ; and that such supposed principles should be examined , till they become absolutely clear and certain . As for first notions of the mind , we suspect all those that the understanding , left to itself , procures ; nor ever allow ...
... give ; and that such supposed principles should be examined , till they become absolutely clear and certain . As for first notions of the mind , we suspect all those that the understanding , left to itself , procures ; nor ever allow ...
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... give ; but also of their cardinal virtues , or fundamental qualities ; as density , rarity , heat , cold , etc. , which should be comprised in particular histories . The kind of experiments to be procured for our his tory are much more ...
... give ; but also of their cardinal virtues , or fundamental qualities ; as density , rarity , heat , cold , etc. , which should be comprised in particular histories . The kind of experiments to be procured for our his tory are much more ...
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... give mankind some earnest , that they shall not be kept perpetually floating upon the waves of history ; and that when they come to the work of the understanding , and the explanation of nature , they may find all things in greater ...
... give mankind some earnest , that they shall not be kept perpetually floating upon the waves of history ; and that when they come to the work of the understanding , and the explanation of nature , they may find all things in greater ...
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