The improvement of the mind, or A supplement to the art of logic. By I. Watts. Also his posthumous works, publ. by D. Jennings and P. Doddridge1801 |
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... evidence ; till you have turned the proposition on all sides , and searched the matter through and through , so that you cannot be mistaken . And even where you may think you have full grounds of assurance , be not too early , nor too ...
... evidence ; till you have turned the proposition on all sides , and searched the matter through and through , so that you cannot be mistaken . And even where you may think you have full grounds of assurance , be not too early , nor too ...
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... inconstan- cy . I confess it is better not to judge , than to judge falsely ; and it is wiser to withhold our assent till we see complete evidence ; but if we have too suddenly given our assent , as the wisest 22 PART I. GENERAL RULES.
... inconstan- cy . I confess it is better not to judge , than to judge falsely ; and it is wiser to withhold our assent till we see complete evidence ; but if we have too suddenly given our assent , as the wisest 22 PART I. GENERAL RULES.
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... evidence , and they wink their eyes against it , the God of this world is suffered to blind them even in the most obvious , common , and sensible things . The great God of heaven for this cause , " sends them strong delusions that they ...
... evidence , and they wink their eyes against it , the God of this world is suffered to blind them even in the most obvious , common , and sensible things . The great God of heaven for this cause , " sends them strong delusions that they ...
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... evidence and truth , and that with a delightful surprise . 4. " Conversation calls out into light what has been lodged in all the recesses and secret chambers of the soul : " by occasional hints and inci- dents it brings old useful ...
... evidence and truth , and that with a delightful surprise . 4. " Conversation calls out into light what has been lodged in all the recesses and secret chambers of the soul : " by occasional hints and inci- dents it brings old useful ...
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... or no , and to improve your own solid knowledge of that subject by meditation on the themes of their writing or discourse . Deal freely with every author you read , and yield up your essent only to evidence and just 42 PART I. OF READING.
... or no , and to improve your own solid knowledge of that subject by meditation on the themes of their writing or discourse . Deal freely with every author you read , and yield up your essent only to evidence and just 42 PART I. OF READING.
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Стр. 78 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Стр. 71 - What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound ? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein...
Стр. 343 - I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. Will he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
Стр. 75 - Observe this rule in general; whensoever it lies in your power to lead the conversation, let it be directed to some profitable point of knowledge or practice, so far as may be done with decency; and let not the discourse and the hours be suffered to run loose without aim or design : and when a subject is started, pass not hastily to another, before you have brought the present theme or discourse to some tolerable issue, or a joint consent to drop it.
Стр. 135 - ... with certainty. It is most probable that those very fibres, pores, or traces of the brain, which assist at the first idea or perception of any object, are the same which assist also at the recollection of it...
Стр. 80 - Banish utterly out of all conversation, and especially out of all learned and intellectual conference, every thing that tends to provoke passion or raise a fire in the blood. Let no sharp language, no noisy exclamation, no sarcasms or biting jests be heard among you ; no perverse or invidious consequences be drawn from each other's opinions, and imputed to the person...
Стр. 145 - Sounds which address the ear are lost and die In one short hour ; but that which strikes the eye Lives long upon the mind; the faithful sight Engraves the knowledge with a beam of light.
Стр. 238 - Train up a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Стр. 20 - Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge ; and let no day, if possible, pass away without some intellectual gain; such a course, well pursued, must certainlv advance us in useful knowledge.
Стр. 26 - Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.