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Natural Theology: Or, Essays on the Existence of Deity and of Providence, on ... - Page 217
by Alexander Crombie - 1829
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 108

1858 - 620 pages
...thing else, by and ' ' through which their action and force may be conveyed from ' one to another, is to me so great an absurdity that I believe ' no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty ' of thinking, can ever fall into it.' The conviction...
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Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 1

Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 pages
...any thing else, by and through which their ac" tion and force may be conveyed from one to another, is " to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who " has, in philosophical matters, a competent faculty of " thinking, can ever fall into it." With this passage...
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Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century ..., Volume 4

John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1822 - 934 pages
...of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it. Gravity must be caused...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 91

1823 - 832 pages
...of something else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has, in philosophical matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. ' (See Horseley's...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ...

1824 - 844 pages
...of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is, to me, so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who, in philosophical matters, has a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it." (Neiatoni Opera,...
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Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions

1824 - 878 pages
...of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is, to me, so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who, in philosophical matters, has a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it." (Newtoni Opera,...
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The theology of the early patriarchs, illustrated by an appeal to ..., Volume 1

Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 pages
...of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who had in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. Gravity must be...
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Elements of the philosophy of the human mind

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has, in philosophical matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it." With this passage...
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Malvern Hills: With Minor Poems and Essays, Volume 1

Joseph Cottle - 1829 - 318 pages
...any thing else, by and through which their action, and force " may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an " absurdity, that I believe no man who has, in philosophical " matters, a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it. " Gravity must...
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On the Function of Respiration, in Health and in Disease, and More ...

Richard Saumarez - 1832 - 76 pages
...any thing else, by and through which " their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, " is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who " has, in philosophical matters, a competent faculty of thinking, "can ever fall into." I would therefore...
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