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3rd ed. |
| Description |
xxxix, 271 pages |
| Contents |
I. The most useful parts of logic, including both metaphysics and dialectic or the art of reasoning : with a brief account of the progress of the mind towards its highest perfection, to which is prefixed a short introduction to the study of the sciences -- II. A brief view both of the speculative and practical part of moral philosophy, as improved by Christianity, to which is added an original letter concerning the settlement of bishops in America. |
| Summary |
Logic, or the Art of Reasoning, is very requisite, the foundation of which is Metaphysics, or the Philosophia prima, which, by some, hath been called Ontology, and is the noblest and most elevated part of science. From these general Principles and Laws of Reasoning, we proceed to the Application of them, first in the Study of Quantity in general, whether Number or Magnitude, in the sublimer Mathematics, or the Arts of Computation. And here again opens a noble Scene of eternal Truth, in the demonstration of a vast number of theorems and problems, both Arithmetical and Geometrical, to which Algebra is wonderfully subservient, in the Contemplation both of Lines, Surfaces and Solids, in all their endless Varieties, and Proportions. This will enable us to proceed with the greater Advantage in the Study of Nature; nor without this can we read with Understanding the best Things that have been written on that Subject. This Sort of Study has likewise a direct tendency to lead us to an admiring sense of the Deity, in whole infinite Treasures of eternal Truth, we behold these Connections and Demonstrations, and who has made all Things in Number, Measure, and Weight.--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Church of England -- United States -- Bishops -- Appointment, call, and election -- Early works to 1800.
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Psychology -- Early works to 1800.
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Psychology -- history.
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| Genre/Form |
Early works. (OCoLC)fst01411636
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| Subject |
Church of England. (OCoLC)fst00532932
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Bishops -- Appointment, call, and election.
(OCoLC)fst00833379
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Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01081447
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Other Form: |
Original. |
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