General Propositions Quotes
7 quotes by 6 authors
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Our present work sets forth mathematical principles of philosophy. For the basic problem of philosophy seems to be to discover the forces of nature from…
— Isaac Newton
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The ends of scientific classification are best answered, when the objects are formed into groups respecting which a greater number of general propositions can be…
— John Stuart Mill
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General propositions do not decide concrete cases. The decision will depend on a judgment or intuition more subtle than any articulate major premise.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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I dare say that I have worked off my fundamental formula on you that the chief end of man is to frame general propositions and…
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a…
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Ronald Reagan in foreign affairs, I think, was someone who had certain, very general ideas, general propositions by which he lives: To combat communism, to…
— Robert Dallek
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The first, or theoretic branch, that which explains the nature, production, and distribution of wealth, will be found to rest on a very few general…
— Nassau William Senior
Who Wrote These General Propositions Quotes
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