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" Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and disposition of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred: that if we knew the person thoroughly,... "
A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive - Page 476
by John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 600 pages
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A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of ...

John Stuart Mill - 1850 - 616 pages
...conceived, the doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this : that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind. and given likewise...disposition of the individual, the manner in which- ha will act may be unerringly inferred ; that if we knew the person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements...
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The Dublin Review, Part 1

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1854 - 580 pages
...Correctly stated, the doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this : — that if we knew a person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which...could foretell his conduct with as much certainty as wo can predict any physical event." A considerable number of ingenious explanations, arguments, and...
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Inaugural lectures delivered at the Liverpool ladies' college in 1856

Liverpool ladies' coll - 1857 - 218 pages
...is this the case, I am prepared to endorse the statements of Mr. Mill : " Given, the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given, likewise,...the person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements acting upon him, we could foretel his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical...
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The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 33

1857 - 542 pages
...a hypothetical case which is absolutely impossible. And such is the case supposed by Mr. Mill, viz. that if we knew the person thoroughly, and knew all...the inducements which are acting upon him, we could foretel his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical phenomena. If this means,...
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The Emancipation of Faith, Volume 1

Henri Édouard Schedel - 1858 - 510 pages
...conceived, the doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which were acting upon him, we could foretell his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical...
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The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign literature [&c.]. Vol.5 ...

1860 - 446 pages
...(p. 48ft) he says : " The doctrine called philosophical necessity is simply this : given the motives present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which are acting on him, we could foretell his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical event."...
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Prolegomena Logica: An Inquiry Into the Psychological Character of Logical ...

Henry Longueville Mansel - 1860 - 336 pages
...constraint, but "invariable, certain, and unconditional sequence;" so that, "given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which arc acting upon him, we could foretell his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical...
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The Boston Review, Volume 6

1866 - 650 pages
...with the doctrine of philosophical necessity as stated in his Logic, " that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...the manner in which he will act may be unerringly inferred."1 But while he detects the flaws in Hamilton's scheme, we fail to be satisfied that we have...
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The Congregational Review, Volume 6

1866 - 648 pages
...with the doctrine of philosophical necessity as stated in his Logic, " that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...the manner in which he will act may be unerringly inferred."1 But while he detects the flaws in Hamilton's scheme, we fail to be satisfied that we have...
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On Man's Responsibility. An essay

Charles Wallwyn Radcliffe Cooke - 1867 - 72 pages
...doctrine of Philosophical Necessity, and showed that it was simply this: that given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise...manner in which he will act may be unerringly inferred. Here we have among the given data not only the motives present to the individual's mind, but his character...
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