"And, if we have any evidence that the……" — Thomas Reid
"And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also."
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15 Quotes by Thomas Reid
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The laws of nature are the rules according to which the effects are produced; but there must be a cause…
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It appears evident, therefore, that those actions only can truly be called virtuous, and deserving of moral approbation, which the…
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must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.
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In every case, we ought to act that part towards another, which we would judge to be right in him…
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It is the invaluable merit of the great Basle mathematician Leonard Euler, to have freed the analytical calculus from all…
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In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest…
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There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. To this chiefly it is…
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Every conjecture we can form with regard to the works of God has as little probability as the conjectures of…
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of…
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The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.
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Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.
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There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.
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