The Works of Adam Smith: Considerations concerning the formation of languages. Essays on philosophical subjects. Account of the life and writings of Dr. SmithT. Cadell, 1811 |
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... systems of nature , which , in these western parts of the world , the only parts of whofe hiftory we know any thing , have fucceffively been adopted by the learned and ingenious ; and , without re- garding their abfurdity or probability ...
... systems of nature , which , in these western parts of the world , the only parts of whofe hiftory we know any thing , have fucceffively been adopted by the learned and ingenious ; and , without re- garding their abfurdity or probability ...
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... system , how well foever in other refpects fupported , has ever been able to gain any general credit on the world , whofe connecting principles were not fuch as were familiar to all mankind . Why has the chemical philofophy in all ages ...
... system , how well foever in other refpects fupported , has ever been able to gain any general credit on the world , whofe connecting principles were not fuch as were familiar to all mankind . Why has the chemical philofophy in all ages ...
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... system , the imperfection , as well as the uncertainty of all the traditions that have come down to us concerning them , makes it impoffible to determine . The fchool of Py- thagoras , however , feems to have advanced further in the ...
... system , the imperfection , as well as the uncertainty of all the traditions that have come down to us concerning them , makes it impoffible to determine . The fchool of Py- thagoras , however , feems to have advanced further in the ...
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... system have appeared , which reprefented the Earth as diftinguished into land and water , felf- balanced and fufpended in the centre of the univerfe , furrounded by the elements of Air and Ether , and covered by eight polished and ...
... system have appeared , which reprefented the Earth as diftinguished into land and water , felf- balanced and fufpended in the centre of the univerfe , furrounded by the elements of Air and Ether , and covered by eight polished and ...
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... system seems to have been pretty generally received by all those who attended particularly to the ftudy of the heavens . That aftronomer first made a catalogue of the Fixed Stars ; calcu lated , for fix hundred years , the revolutions ...
... system seems to have been pretty generally received by all those who attended particularly to the ftudy of the heavens . That aftronomer first made a catalogue of the Fixed Stars ; calcu lated , for fix hundred years , the revolutions ...
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abſtract aftronomers agreeable almoſt ancient appear Ariftotle becauſe body cafe caufes compofed confequence confiderable confifted Copernicus correfpondent diftinct diftinguiſhed diſcovered diſtance doctrine eafily Earth Effence Engliſh eſtabliſhed excited exiſtence expreffion exprefs faid fame manner fcience fecond feel feems fenfation fenfe fenfible fentiments feparate fhall fhould fimple firft firſt fituation fociety folid fome fomething fometimes foon fpecies ftate ftill fubftance fubject fucceffion fuch fufficient fuggeft fuperior fuppofed fyftem fyllable greateſt himſelf Hipparchus imagination imitation inftrumental intereft itſelf laft language laſt leaſt lefs meaſure moft moral moſt motion Mufic muft muſt nature neceffarily neceffary obfervations object occafion oppofite paffion particular perfon philofophers Planets Plato pleaſure poffible prefent prepofitions principles Ptolemy publiſhed purpoſe qualities reafon refemblance refifting refpect reft reprefent SECT ſeems Smith ſpecific ſtill ſyſtem taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion Tycho Brahe underſtanding univerfal uſe verfe vifible Wealth of Nations whofe words
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Сторінка 6 - Could we suppose any person living on the banks of the Thames so ignorant, as not to know the general word river, but to be acquainted only with the particular word Thames, if he was brought to any other river, would he not readily call it a Thames?
Сторінка 468 - ... to others, the grounds upon which his own opinions are founded ; and hence it is, that the known principles of an individual, who has approved to the public his candour, his liberality, and his judgment, are entitled to a weight and an authority, independent of the evidence which he is able, upon any particular occasion, to produce in their support.
Сторінка 78 - ... it is the irregular events of nature only that are ascribed to the agency and power of their gods. Fire burns, and water refreshes; heavy bodies descend, and lighter substances fly upwards, by the necessity of their own nature; nor was the invisible hand of Jupiter ever apprehended to be employed in those matters.
Сторінка 417 - Buccleugh under the author's care, and would make it worth his while to accept of that charge. As soon as I heard this, I called on him twice, with a view of talking with him about the matter, and of convincing him of the propriety of sending that young nobleman to...
Сторінка 460 - They have all of them been the constant subjects of my lectures since I first taught Mr. Craigie's class, the first winter I spent in Glasgow, down to this day, without .any considerable variation. They had all of them been the subjects of lectures which I read at Edinburgh the winter before I left it, and I can adduce innumerable witnesses, both from that place and from this, who will ascertain them sufficiently to be mine.
Сторінка 449 - Commerce, which ought naturally to be, among nations as among individuals, a bond of union and friendship, has become the most fertile source of discord and animosity.
Сторінка 349 - Children, however, appear at so very early a period to know the distance, the shape, and magnitude of the different tangible objects which are presented to them, that I am disposed to believe that even they may have some instinctive perception of this kind ; though possibly in a much weaker degree than the greater part of other animals.
Сторінка 518 - But one submissive Word, which you let fall, Will make him in good Humour with us All.
Сторінка 434 - At length (in the beginning of the year 1776) Mr. Smith accounted to the world for his long retreat, by the publication of his " Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.