...and enquiry. M 5 WHEK . WKEI* we run over libraries, perfuaded of thefe pruiciplcr,, what havoc muft we make ? If we take in our hand- any volume ;• of divinity or fchool metaphyfics, for inftance ; let us afk, Dees it. contain any abJlra8 reafonings {interning quantity...

...standard, we regard a new fact, to wit, the general taste of mankind, or some such fact, which maybe the object of reasoning and inquiry. When we run over...abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number ? No. Dees it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence ? No. Commit it...

...The sciences, which treat of general facts, are politics, natural philosophy, physic, chemistry, ike. where the qualities, causes, and effects of a whole...number ? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concei'ning matter of fact and existence ? No. Commit it then to the flames; for it can contain nothing...

...attributes or qualities we can by analogy infer any attribute or quality in him. Sect. XI. p. 145. 152. 154. When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles,...concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact or existence? No. Commit it then to the flames, for...

...attributes or qualities we can by analogy infer any attribute or quality in him. Sect. XI. p. 145. 152. 154. When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If ive take in our hand any volume, of divinity or school metaphysics for instance , let us ask , does...

...natural, is felt more properly than perceived. Or if we reason concerning it, and endeavor to fix the standard, we regard a new fact, to wit, the general...principles, what havoc must we make ? If we take in our • That impious maxim of the ancient philosophy, Ex nihilo, nihil ft, by which the creation of matter...

...of which custom is the only guide. "When," says Hume, at the conclusion of his Enquiry, " we use our libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc...metaphysics, for instance, let us ask, Does it contain any abstraet reasoning concerning quantity or number ? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning...

...instance, he quotes with approval the following passage from one of Hume's Essays : — "If we take in hand any volume of Divinity, or School Metaphysics,...any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number 1 No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence ? No. Commit...

...attention of men who have work to do in the world. And thus ends one of his essays : " If we take in hand any volume of Divinity, or school metaphysics, for instance, let us ask, Docs it contain any abstract reasoninff~-cancerniíí¡[_mantíí¡¿ or nuinberJ Жо1 Uoëe it con'...

...attention of men who have work to do in the world. And thus ends one of his essays : " If we take in hand any volume of Divinity, or school metaphysics,...any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number 7 No. Docs it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence ? No. Commit...