 Seeing then that truth consisteth in the right ordering of names in our affirmations, a man that seeketh precise truth had need to remember what every name he uses stands for, and to place it accordingly, or else he will find himself entangled in words,...  Philosophic Etymology: Or Rational Grammar - Page 241by James Gilchrist - 1816 - 269 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 810 pages
...suspect what has not been : but in neither case can a man be charged with untruth. Seeing then that truth consisteth in the right ordering of names in our affirmations,...will find himself entangled in words as a bird in lime-twigs; the more he struggles, the more belimed.' ' By this it appears how necessary it is for... | |
 | Alfred Lyall - Truth - 1830 - 682 pages
...the course of his work*. * See Appendix, Note A. II. § 1. " SEEING," says Mr. Hobbes, " that truth consisteth in the right ordering of names in our affirmations,...precise truth had need to remember what every name he useth stands for, and to place it accordingly, else he will find himself entangled in words, as a bird... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 372 pages
...what has not been ; but in neither case can a man be charged with untruth. " Seeing, then, that truth consisteth in the right ordering of names in our affirmations,...name he uses stands for, and to place it accordingly : or else he will find himself entangled in words, as a bird in lime-twigs. And therefore in Geometry,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 526 pages
...what has not been : but in neither case can a man be charged with untruth. " Seeing, then, that truth consisteth in the right ordering of names in our affirmations,...name he uses stands for, and to place it accordingly : or else he will find himself entangled in words, as a bird in lime-twigs. And therefore in- Geometry... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Authors, English - 1836 - 538 pages
...what has not been : but in neither case can a man be charged with untruth. " Seeing, then, that truth consisteth in the right ordering of names in our affirmations,...name he uses stands for, and to place it accordingly : or else he will find himself entangled in words, as a bird in lime-twigs. And therefore in Geometry... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 1000 pages
...what has not been : but in neither case can a man be charged with untruth. " Seeing, then, that truth consisteth in the right ordering of names in our affirmations,...need to remember what every name he uses stands for, aud to place it accordingly : or else he will find himself entangled in words, as a bird in lime-twigs.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 812 pages
...then that truth consisteth in the right ordering of names in our affirmations, a man that scekctli precise truth had need to remember what every name...will find himself entangled in words as a bird in lime-twigs; the more he struggles, the more belimed.' ' By this it appears how necessary it is for... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy - 1839 - 744 pages
...untruth. Seeing then that truth consisteth in the right Necessity of •t • f • a> ? definitions. ordering of names in our affirmations, a man that...name he uses stands for, and to place it accordingly, or else he will find himself entangled in words, as a bird in lime twigs, the more he struggles the... | |
 | International law - 1854 - 492 pages
...truth consists in the right ordering of names in our affirmations, a man that seeks precise truth has need to remember what every name he uses stands for, and to place it accordingly, or else he will find himself entangled in words, as a bird in lime twigs, the more he struggles the... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...NECESSITY OF PRECISION IN USING LANGUAGE. — (" LEVIATHAN," PART I., CHAP. IV.) Seeing that truth consisteth in the right ordering of names in our affirmations,...precise truth had need to remember what every name he useth stands for, and to place it accordingly, or else he will find himself entangled in words as a... | |
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