The Quarterly Review, Volume 68J. Murray, 1841 |
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Page 203
... idea appropriate to each theory- such idea being frequently of an order too elevated and remote for that purpose - but commonly by the intervention of certain ' modifications and limitations of the fundamental idea , ' which , may may ...
... idea appropriate to each theory- such idea being frequently of an order too elevated and remote for that purpose - but commonly by the intervention of certain ' modifications and limitations of the fundamental idea , ' which , may may ...
Page 204
... idea of space ; genus , a modification or limitation of the fundamental idea of resemblance , and so forth . Were we to express this in ordinary language , we should say that we rise by steps only to the highest degree of abstraction ...
... idea of space ; genus , a modification or limitation of the fundamental idea of resemblance , and so forth . Were we to express this in ordinary language , we should say that we rise by steps only to the highest degree of abstraction ...
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... idea , the construction of the con- ception , and the determination of the magnitude , ' he says , ' no general method of evolving such ideas can be given : such events appear to result from a peculiar sagacity and felicity of mind ...
... idea , the construction of the con- ception , and the determination of the magnitude , ' he says , ' no general method of evolving such ideas can be given : such events appear to result from a peculiar sagacity and felicity of mind ...
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in the British Colonies Ordered by the House | 88 |
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