 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 страници
...he would reduce me, is none at all : for he only drives at this ;---that if his argument be true, I must then acknowledge that there are degrees in impossibilities,...parte ; as it is absolutely impossible for a thing io be, and not to be, at the same time ; but for a stone to move naturally upward, is only impossible... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 страници
...would reduce me, is none at all : for he only drives at this ; — that if his argument be true, I must then acknowledge that there are degrees in impossibilities,...absolutely impossible, and others which are Only so esc parte ; as it is absolutely impossible for a thing to be, and not to fa, at the same time $ but... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 462 страници
...I am at present conscious, my conviction is reducible to this axiom, or coincident with it, " It is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at " the same time." Now, when I say, I trust entirely to the clear report of my memory, I mean a good deal more than, "... | |
 | William Duncan - 1802 - 256 страници
...are perfect ; or to say that all men are mortal, and yet that some men are not mortal, is to assert a thing to be and not to be at the same time. S«c. IV.... Demonstration, an Infallible Guide to Truth and Certainty. And now I think we are sufficiently... | |
 | William Duncan - 1802 - 258 страници
...are perfect ; or to say that nil men are mortal, and yet that some men are not mortal, is to assert a thing to be and not to be at the same time. Sec. IV. ...Demonstration, an Infallible Guide to Truth and Certainty. And now I think we are sufficiently... | |
 | John Aikin - 1807 - 684 страници
...velocities. He proposes two principles as the foundation of all our knowledge; the first, that it is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time, which, he says, is the foundation of speculative truth. The other is, that nothing is without a sufficient... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 486 страници
...which he would reduce me, is none at all : For he only drives at this, that, if his argument be true, I must then acknowledge that there are degrees in impossibilities,...absolutely impossible, and others which are only so exparte; as it is absolutely impossible for a thing to be, and not to be at the same time : But for... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 страници
...that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the... | |
 | Samuel Whelpley - 1808 - 390 страници
...or contradictions ; for instance, that he cannot cause two and two to be five : that he cannot cause a thing to be and not to be, at the same time : but that he can cause a thing to be at one time, and not to be at another, involves no absurdity. Let it... | |
 | John Gill - 1810 - 620 страници
...to such dignity as to have divine perfections ascribed to it; he cannot make contradictions true ; a thing to be, and not to be at the same time ; or make a thing not to have been that has been ; but then these are no prejudices to his omnipotence,... | |
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Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time. 
