| John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1846 - 624 pages
...experimental truths ; generalizations from observation. The proposition, Two straight lines cannot inclose a space — or in other words, Two straight lines which have once met, do not meet again, but continue to diverge — is an induction from the evidence of our senses. This... | |
| Thomas Reid - Intellect - 1850 - 496 pages
...experimental truths ; generalizations from observation. The proposition, Two straight lines cannot inclose a space, — or, in other words, Two straight lines which have once met do not meet again, but continue to diverge, — is an induction from the evidence of our senses." According... | |
| Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1854 - 514 pages
...experimental axioms — generalizations from observation. The proposition, ' Two straight lines cannot inclose a space' — or in other words, 'Two straight lines which have once met, do not meet again, but continue to diverge' — is an induction from the evidence of our senses." When... | |
| Thomas Reid - Intellect - 1855 - 528 pages
...experimental truths ; generalizations from observation. The proposition, Two straight lines cannot inelose a space, — or, in other words, Two straight lines which have once met do not meet again, but continue to diverge, — is an induction from the evidence of our senses." According... | |
| Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1859 - 508 pages
...axioms , — generalizations from observation. The proposition, ' Two straight lines cannot inclose a space' — or in other words, ' Two straight lines which have once met, do not meet again, but continue to diverge' — is an induction from the evidence of our senses." When... | |
| George Jacob Holyoake - Logic - 1866 - 118 pages
...truths — generalisations from observation. The proposition that Two straight lines cannot inclose a space— or, in other words, Two straight lines which have once met do not meet again, but continue to diverge — is an induction from the evidence of our senses.'^ '... | |
| University of the State of New York - Education - 1869 - 218 pages
...experimental truths; generalizations from observation. The proposition, two straight lines cannot inclose a space, or, in other words, two straight lines which have once met do not meet again, but continue to diverge, is an induction from the evidence of our senses." In this... | |
| Electronic journals - 1878 - 608 pages
...II., cv, §§4, 5), is that these axioms are "experimental truths; generalisations from observation. The proposition, Two straight lines cannot enclose...other words, Two straight lines which have once met, do not meet again, but continue to diverge — is an induction from the evidence of our senses". With... | |
| Great Britain - 1878 - 916 pages
...evidence on which they rest ? I answer, they are experimental truths ; generalizations from observation. The proposition, Two straight lines cannot enclose...other words, Two straight lines which have once met, do not meet again, but continue to diverge — is au induction from the evidence of our senses." This... | |
| Electronic journals - 1878 - 692 pages
...II., cv, §§4, 5), is that these axioms are "experimental truths; generalisations from observation. The proposition, Two straight lines cannot enclose...other words, Two straight lines which have once met, do not meet again, but continue to diverge — is an induction from the evidence of our senses". With... | |
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