The Citizen of Nature: In Series of Letters from an American Indian in London to His Friend at HomeJ. Johnson, 1823 - 238 pàgines |
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Pàgina 12
... effect of your knowing more than I do , of the formation of what is called the Civilized World ; but I do not scruple to own my ignorance . " — " Then , " said he , " you are in a fair way of amendment : I will , by degrees , try to set ...
... effect of your knowing more than I do , of the formation of what is called the Civilized World ; but I do not scruple to own my ignorance . " — " Then , " said he , " you are in a fair way of amendment : I will , by degrees , try to set ...
Pàgina 28
... effect , this ; ' Does know- ledge constitute happiness ? ' are they synony- mous ? Now we come to the second grand division , to the pleasure of the soul . And I say , at once , that if we are allowed to define knowledge , as ...
... effect , this ; ' Does know- ledge constitute happiness ? ' are they synony- mous ? Now we come to the second grand division , to the pleasure of the soul . And I say , at once , that if we are allowed to define knowledge , as ...
Pàgina 47
... effect , and the causes assigned to it are in parallel with other causes and effects of like nature , demonstrably known as true , we either give implicit credence , or reject it in part or al- together , according to its total or ...
... effect , and the causes assigned to it are in parallel with other causes and effects of like nature , demonstrably known as true , we either give implicit credence , or reject it in part or al- together , according to its total or ...
Pàgina 58
... effects springing from adequate necessitous causes : that they may be periodical , and if so , had happened before , and may , or will , happen again . It has been objected , that the idea of a drowning world is too dreadful and cruel ...
... effects springing from adequate necessitous causes : that they may be periodical , and if so , had happened before , and may , or will , happen again . It has been objected , that the idea of a drowning world is too dreadful and cruel ...
Pàgina 65
... effects , causes preposterous and in- efficient , only for want of knowing better : for my own part , I see no reason , why the moon should not be made of the same matter as the earth ; and if so , that it is highly probable she is ...
... effects , causes preposterous and in- efficient , only for want of knowing better : for my own part , I see no reason , why the moon should not be made of the same matter as the earth ; and if so , that it is highly probable she is ...
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Pàgina 221 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Pàgina 160 - The man who resolutely divesting himself of habit and prejudice, of the false impressions imbibed from early childhood, resolves to know Truth, if haply she may be found, is sure to be assailed, threatened, mimicked, and insulted, with abuse the most pitiful and inane, with derision the most paltry, stupid, and futile, wholly unworthy of the exaltation to which human attainmentboasts to have arrived. 'His honesty is decried as presumption, his avowal of naked truth as sedition ; his exposure of existing...
Pàgina 162 - that reason suits neither you or me : Sully did not go to mass, and Sully was of the council.' ' Maurepas, in this answer, only caught at the ridicule of...