 | John Hunter - English language - 1848 - 224 pages
...Similarly, John Stuart Mill says, " Language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought,...imperfection in the instrument, or in the mode of employing it, is confessedly liable, still more than in any other art, to confuse and impede the process,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Logic - 1850 - 400 pages
...also an in- lnou«hlt strument of thought, and one of the principal helps in all mental operations ; and any imperfection in the instrument, or in the mode of using it, will materially affect any result attained through its aid. nflorda »ii,Mts of instrument Every hnuich... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - Electronic book - 1855 - 592 pages
...operations. Language is an instrument of thought, and one of the principal helps in all menial operations. Any imperfection in the instrument, or in the mode of using it. will materially affect any result attained through its aid. Every branch of science has, to a certain extent,... | |
 | 1856 - 870 pages
...suspected of prejudice or partiality — " language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought...any imperfection in the instrument or in the mode of employing it is confessedly liable, still more than in almost any other art, to confuse and impede... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - History - 1856 - 308 pages
...a portion of the art of thinking. Language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought ; and any imperfection in the instruments, or in the mode of employing it, is confessedly liable, still more than in almost any other... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1856 - 324 pages
...a portion of the art of thinking. Language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought ; and any imperfection in the instruments, or in the mode of employing it, is confessedly liable, still more than in almost any other... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1857 - 408 pages
...called a proposition; and a protess of reasoning, expressed in language, is called a demonstration* The reasoning processes, in Logic, are conducted usually...branch, has a definite and precise signification. • Whately's Logic, — of the operations of the mind and senses. In the science of numbers, the ten... | |
 | 1855 - 338 pages
...suspected of prejudice or partiality : — Language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought...any imperfection in the instrument or in the mode of employing it is confessedly liable, still more than in almost any other art, to confuse and impede... | |
 | 1856 - 416 pages
...suspected of prejudice or partiality : — Language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought...any imperfection in the instrument or in the mode of employing it is confessedly liable, still more than in almost any other art, to confuse and impede... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1871 - 404 pages
...all complicated cases, can take place dn no other way. The words employed are signs of ideas { ;imd are also one of the principal instruments or helps...branch, has a (definite and precise signification. In the science of numbers, the ten characters, called figures, are the alphabet of the arithmetical... | |
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Logic is a portion of the art of thinking; language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought; and any imperfection in the instrument or in the mode of employing it is confessedly liable,... 
