...opportunity of deciding. — Rasselas, ch. incompetence There are a thousand familiar disputes o>m!n^n>ILi" which reason never can decide : questions that elude investigation, and make logic ridiculous. Wretched would be the pair above all names of wretchedness, who should be doomed to adjust by reason,...

...shall be my first question, whether she be willing to be led by reason.' ' Thus it is,' said Nekayah, ' that philosophers are deceived. There are a thousand...occasions, whether small or great, with all the reasons 30 of action present to their minds. Wretched would be the pair above all names of wretchedness, who...

...shall be my first question, whether she be willing to be led by reason?' 'Thus it is,' said Nekayah, ' that philosophers are deceived. There are a thousand...great, with all the reasons of action present to their minds. Wretched would be the pair above all names of wretchedness who should be doomed to adjust by...

...THOUGHTS deceived. There are a thousand familiar d.'sputes which reason never can decide ; questions thai elude investigation, and make logic ridiculous cases;...and inquire how few can be supposed to act upon any occasion, whether small or great, with all the reasons of action present to their minds. Wretched would...

...shall be my first question whether she be willing to be led by reason." 10 "Thus it is," said Nekayah, "that philosophers are deceived. There are a thousand...something must be done and where little can be said. 15 Consider the state of mankind, and inquire how few can be supposed to act upon any occasions, whether...

...w^icU. reason never can decide; ojuestions that elude investigatityrrUnd make"~logic~"ridiculous ; cases where something must be done and where little can be said. 15 Consider the state of mankind, and inquire how few can be supposed to act upon any occasions, whether...

...nothing in creation that is not somehow connected with everything else. Dr. Johnson has said, — " There are a thousand familiar disputes which reason...something must be done, and where little can be said." With all deference to the great moralist, we must say that this statement argues a very limited knowledge...

...nothing in creation that is not somehow connected with everything else. Dr. Johnson has said, — " There are a thousand familiar disputes which reason...something must be done, and where little can be said." With all deference to the great moralist, we must say that this statement argues a very limited knowledge...

...questions that elude investigation and make logic ridiculous; cases where something must be done and little can be said. Consider the state of mankind,...and inquire how few can be supposed to act upon any occasion, either small or great, with all the reasons of action present to their minds. Wretched would...

...political evils common to bad and good. Inquiry will reveal the incomplete powers of reason, will show "how few can be supposed to act, upon any occasions,...great, with all the reasons of action present to their minds." The honest man must conclude that "he does nothing, who endeavors to do more than is allowed...