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" It is evident, that all the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and that, however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another. "
Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 12
by Dugald Stewart - 1859 - 490 pages
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Biographical Memoirs, of Adam Smith, LL. D., of William Robertson, D. D. and ...

Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 620 pages
...prevalent at the time when he wrote : " 'Tis evident, that all the sciences have a relation, greater M or less, to human nature, and that* however wide any...one passage or another. Even mathematics, natural phi" losophy, and natural religion, are in some measure de" pendent on the science of man ; since they...
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The Works of Thomas Reid: With Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 1

Thomas Reid - 1818 - 466 pages
...of them may seem to run from it, they still return baek by one passage or another. Even mathematies, natural philosophy, and natural religion, are in some measure dependent on the seienee of man ; vot. i. 5 sinee tbey lie under the eognisanee of men, and are judged of by their powers...
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The Works of Thomas Reid; with an Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 1

Thomas Reid - 1822 - 432 pages
...science. Mr. HUME hath justly observed, that " all the sciences have a relation to human nature ; and, however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another. This is the centre andcapitol of the sciences, which being once masters of, we may easily extend our...
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The Philosophical Works of David Hume ...

David Hume - 1826 - 508 pages
...and would esteem it a strong presumption against it, were it so very easy and obvious. 'Tis evident, that all the sciences have a relation, greater or...still return back by one passage or another. Even Maf/ matics, Natural Philosophy, and Natural Religion, are in some measure dependant on the science...
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The substance of an argument to prove the truth of the Bible

David M'Nicoll - 1827 - 180 pages
...greater force to the sublimer truths of Scripture; * that they all have a relation to human nature; and however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back, by one passage or another. This is the centre and capital of the whole, which, being once masters of, we may easily extend our...
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Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind: To which are Added, An Essay on ...

Thomas Reid - 1827 - 706 pages
...science. Mr. Hume hath justly observed, that " all the sciences have a relation to human nature ; and, however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another. This is the centre and capital of the sciences, which being once masters of, we may easily extend our...
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The works of ... David M'Nicoll [ed.] by J. Dixon

David M'Nicoll - 1837 - 688 pages
...force to the sublimer truths of Scripture, — that " they all have a relation to human nature ; and, however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back, by one passage or another. This is the centre and capital of the whole, which being once masters of, we may easily extend our...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science ..., Volume 14

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 812 pages
...objects contemplated in the Treatise of Human Nature are thus presented by the aiHhor : 'Tis evident that all the sciences have a relation, greater or...seem to run from it, they still return back by one passase or another. Even mathematics, natural philosophy, and natural religion, are in some measure...
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The works of Thomas Reid, with selections from his unpublished letters ...

Thomas Reid - 1846 - 1080 pages
...Philosophical Еи»г§," Preliminary DiHtitatiori, ch. ii sciences hare a relation to human nature ; and, however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another. This is the centre and capital of the sciences,* which, being once masters of, we may easily extend...
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The North British Review, Volume 6

1847 - 584 pages
...from Mr. Hume the following sentence, that " all the sciences have a relation to human nature ; and, however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another. This is the centre and capital of the sciences, which being once masters of, we may easily extend otir...
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