...feems as evident, as that no Body who has conftder'd the Matter, can be abfolutely convinc'd, that the three Angles of a Triangle are not equal to two right ones. The Fool indeed, may have [aid in his Heart there is no Cod, i. <?. lewd and vicious Men may...

...there are no antipodes ; that eclipfes will not happen according to aftronomical obfervations ; that the three angles of a triangle are not equal to two right ones ; or, upon refufal, they may inflict punifhment at will. But will and power are often ufed unjuftly...

...conquer. No man can deny that two and two make four 5 nor will any one think proper to affirm that the three angles of a triangle are not equal to two right angles. The fame may be faid of many things in politics, which may be proved with certitude approaching mathematical...

...antipodes; that eclipses will not hap* Cyropaedia. pen according to astronomical observations; that the three angles of a triangle are not equal to two right ones; or, upon refusal, they may inflict punishment at will. But will and power are often used unjustly...

...antipodes; that eclipses will not hap* Cyropaedia. pen according to astronomical observations; that the three angles of a triangle are not equal to two right ones; or, upon refusal, they may. inflict punishment at will. But will and power are often used unjustly...

...though false, is yet not absurd, for there was a time when it was true. But the proposition that ' the three angles of a triangle are not equal to two right angles, is not only false, but also involves in it an absurdity. 5. There is a difference also in their force,...

...though false, is yet not absurd ; for there was a time when it was true. But the proposition that ' the three angles of a triangle are not equal to two right angles,' is not only false, but also involves in it an absurdity. 5. There is a difference also in their force,...

...conclusively, to the satisfaction of nine different Keepers, who were learned even to bursting turgidity, that the three angles of a triangle, are not equal to two right angles, all the Mathesis from the days of Euclid to the present hour " to the contrary notwithstanding." O...

...? As well may you tell the Arithmetician that two and two make eight,—tell the Mathematician that the three angles of a triangle are not equal to two right angles,—tell the Agriculturalist that any kind of soil will grow any kind of grain,—or the Politician...

...no consequence ; the opposite of it will always imply some fallacy. — Thus, the proposition, that the three angles of a triangle are not equal to two right angles, and other propositions, which are the opposite of what has been demonstrated, will always be found...