 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 582 pages
...have submitted at our setting out." The same author adds, that " a definition may be very ex" act, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of " the nature of the thing defined ;" and that, " in the order of " things, a definition (let its virtue be what it will) ought rather... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1815 - 362 pages
...setting out. Circa vilem patulumque morabimur orbem, Unde pudor proferre pedem vetat out operis lex. A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very...definition be what it will, in the order of things, VOL.I. H it it seems rather to follow than to precede our enquiry, of which it ought to be considered... | |
 | Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 pages
...setting out. Circa vikm palulumjue morabimur orbem, Unde pudor proferre peclem velat out operis lex. A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of fhe thing defined. DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINES. GREAT discontents frequently arise in the best-constituted... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 348 pages
...inquiry by the strict laws to which " we have submitted at our setting out." The same author adds, lhat " a definition may be very exact, and " yet go but a...informing us of the nature of " the thing defined ;" and that, " in the order of things, a definition "(let its virtue be what it will) ought rather... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 706 pages
...submitted at our setting out." The game author add*, that " a definition may be very exact, and " yet jo but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of " the thing defined ;" and that, " in the order of things, a definition u(let its virtue be what it will) ought rather... | |
 | David Irving - 1821 - 336 pages
...it properly belongs, the ambiguity is removed, and those members are kept distinct from each other. Let the virtue of a definition be what it will, in the order of lliivg* it seems rather to follow than to precede our enquiry, of which it ought to be considered as... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1823 - 446 pages
...orbem, Unde pudor proferre pedem vetat out operis lex. A definition may be very exact, and yet go H2 but a very little way towards informing us of the...definition be what it will, in the order of things, it seems rather to follow than to precede our inquiry, of which it ought to be considered as the result.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1826 - 510 pages
...setting out. Circa viletn patulumque morabiniur orbem, Unde pudor proferre pedem vetat aut opens lex. A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very...towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined ; hut let the virtue of a definition be what it will, in the order of things, it seems rather to follow... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1827 - 194 pages
...out. • Circa vllem patulumqne roorablmur ol-bem, Unde pudor proterre pedem vetat aut operis lex. A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very...let the virtue of a definition be what it will, in Ihe order of things, it seems rather to follow than to precede our inquiry, of which it ought to be... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 418 pages
...La Logique, ou les Premiers Developpemem de VArt de Penser, Chap. VI. The same author adds, that " a definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very...towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined j" and that, " in the order of things a definition (let its virtue be what it will) ought rather to... | |
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A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined ; but let the virtue of a definition be what it will, in the order of things, it seems rather to follow than to precede our inquiry,... 
