 Next to the ridicule of denying an evident truth, is that of taking much pains to defend it; and no truth appears to me more evident, than that beasts are endow'd with thought and reason, as well as men. The arguments are in this case so obvious, that...  Hindu Logic as Preserved in China and Japan - Page 62by Sadajiro Sugiura - 1900 - 114 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Reid - 1788 - 518 pages
...evident than thofe we wifh to prove j and it appearsridiculous, becaufe, as this author juftly obferves, next to the ridicule of denying an evident truth, is that of taking much pains to prove it. Proteftants complain, with juftice, of the hardfhip put upon them by Roman Catholics, in... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1788 - 508 pages
...to prove ; and it appears ridiculous, becaufe, as this author juftly obferves, next to the jridicule of denying an evident truth, is that of taking much pains to prove it. Proteftants complain, with juftice, of the hardfhip put upon them by Roman Catholics, in... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1803 - 734 pages
...we wifh to prove ; and it appears ridiculous, becaufe, as this author juflly obferves, next to the the ridicule of denying an evident truth, is that of taking much pains to prove it. Proteftants complain, with juftice, of the hardfhip put upon them by Roman Catholics, in... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1822 - 322 pages
...evident than those we wish to prove ; and it appears ridiculous, because, as this author justly observes, next to the ridicule of denying an evident truth, is that of taking much pains to prove it. Protestants complain with justice of the hardship put upon them by Roman Catholics, in requiring... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 508 pages
...reasoning faculty of brutes, as well as that of human creatures. SECTION XVI. OF THE REASON OF ANIMALS. NEXT to the ridicule of denying an evident truth, is that of taking much pains to defend it; and no truth appears to me more evident, than that the beasts are and endowed with thought and reason... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1827 - 706 pages
...evident than those we wish to prove ; and it appears ridiculous, because, as this author justly observes, next to the ridicule of denying an evident truth, is that of taking much pains to prove it. Protestants complain, with justice, of the hardship put upon them by Roman Catholics, in... | |
 | William Brown Galloway - 1837 - 570 pages
...being required to prove that we have the idea in question, and quotes an observation of Mr. Hume, that next to the ridicule of denying an evident truth, is that of taking much pains to prove it: yet, out of respect to that ingenious writer, he does endeavour to prove it. I fear that... | |
 | Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart - 1843 - 632 pages
...evident than those we wish to prove ; and it appears ridiculous, because, as this author justly observes, next to the ridicule of denying an evident truth, is that of taking much pains to prove it. BSF Protestants complain, with justice, of the hardship put upon them by Roman Catholics,... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1863 - 552 pages
...evident than those we wish to prove ; and it appears ridiculous, because, as this author justly observes, next to the ridicule of denying an evident truth, is that of taking much pains to prove it. Protestants complain, with justice, of the hardship put upon them by Roman Catholics, in... | |
 | David Hume - 1874 - 604 pages
...well as that of human creatures. SECT. XVI. SECT. XVI. — Of the Reason of Animals. < — • Of the Next to the ridicule of denying an evident truth, is that of taking much pains to defend it ; and no truth appears to me more evident, than that beasts are endow'd with thought and reason, as... | |
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