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Pàgina i
... accepted principles of Testimony , what are facts ; and to discriminate between facts and the in- ferences drawn from them . I have no other ' theory ' to support , than that of the constancy of the well- ascertained Laws of Nature ...
... accepted principles of Testimony , what are facts ; and to discriminate between facts and the in- ferences drawn from them . I have no other ' theory ' to support , than that of the constancy of the well- ascertained Laws of Nature ...
Pàgina vii
... accepted principles of Testimony , what are facts ; and to discriminate between facts and the in- ferences drawn from them . I have no other ' theory ' to support , than that of the constancy of the well- ascertained Laws of Nature ...
... accepted principles of Testimony , what are facts ; and to discriminate between facts and the in- ferences drawn from them . I have no other ' theory ' to support , than that of the constancy of the well- ascertained Laws of Nature ...
Pàgina viii
... accepted the system , than that their pet ' medium ' is a cheat , and their belief in him a delusion ! That such an assumption should not only gain the acceptance of minds otherwise rational , but should be viii PREFACE .
... accepted the system , than that their pet ' medium ' is a cheat , and their belief in him a delusion ! That such an assumption should not only gain the acceptance of minds otherwise rational , but should be viii PREFACE .
Pàgina ix
William Benjamin Carpenter. the acceptance of minds otherwise rational , but should be stoutly upheld by them with unquestioning faith , seems to me a striking exemplification of the strength of the hold which a ' dominant idea ' may ...
William Benjamin Carpenter. the acceptance of minds otherwise rational , but should be stoutly upheld by them with unquestioning faith , seems to me a striking exemplification of the strength of the hold which a ' dominant idea ' may ...
Pàgina 3
... accepted not only by the ignorant vulgar , but by some of the wisest men of the time , such as Lord Bacon and Sir Matthew Hale , Bishop Jewell and Richard Baxter , Sir Thomas Browne and Addison ; while the denial of it was con- sidered ...
... accepted not only by the ignorant vulgar , but by some of the wisest men of the time , such as Lord Bacon and Sir Matthew Hale , Bishop Jewell and Richard Baxter , Sir Thomas Browne and Addison ; while the denial of it was con- sidered ...
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