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1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations |
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"That man is an intelligent creature, or a being capable of receiving intelligence to an indefinite extent, is not only a well known and established fact, but also one which involves the most important consequences. This single attribute of human existence not only elevates man in the scale of being, constitutes him capable of unlimited improvement, and of communicating it to others, but at the same time, as to the discharge of his duties, grants him the privilege to increase not only his respectability, but also his usefulness to the society with which he is connected. Though, on the one hand, it would be impossible duly to appreciate a gift so inestimable, yet on the other, be it remembered, that there is nothing given to man, there is no talent with which he is endued, but what requires cultivation. Not only our corporeal but also our mental faculties, unless they have salutary exercise, are liable to decline. The body for want of it is liable to wane into the most lamentable state of langor and imbecility; and the mind, for reasons perfectly analogous, through the want of exercising the means, with which we are so abundantly privileged, becomes inert and capable of being not only deceived by others, but also irrevocably injured through our own neglect. It cannot for a single moment be doubted, that man, as a sentient, intelligent being, stands as a candidate for happiness. All men seek it, in one way or the other : a single exception would be a parodox in the history of humanity. Throughout the whole of this work, it has been the endeavor of the author to afford every facility for the purpose of either private or public instruction. In the latter, or for young persons, it will be proper, 1st. That the learner should every evening, commit to memory and study, two or more, according to his capacity, of the definitions, axioms or rules, contained in the treatise, and repeat them on the following morning. 2dly. And at the end of every section, that he should repeat the whole of that section, by learning it the second time, in order that it may be more completely infixed in his memory. 3dly. Before he proceeds to a higher class, it is recommended, that his proficiency should be examined and his recollection confirmed, by the interrogatory exercise at the close of the chapter. 4thly. It is peculiar to this volume to be arranged for the purpose of enabling the tutor to convene together, once a week, all his pupils learning the art, in classes or otherwise, for the purpose of collective examination, and mutual argument or disputation, on subjects or syllogisms that might be selected for the purpose, at the discretion of the tutor. It was the intention of the present writer to notice particularly the several authors to whom he is, in the production of this volume, more or less indebted. But in a work, the original intention of which was to unite as far as possible the various excellencies of every treatise of eminence, quotations would naturally abound. In such cases it is usually deemed sufficient to make the acknowledgment once for all. The frequent alterations made in the language, and the inconvenience of crowding the page with names, tend to justify the exclusion of perpetual reference. To concentrate every useful illustration and improvement is a duty indispensably incumbent on every author"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved) |
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Logic.
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Logic
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logic.
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Logic
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Electronic book
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09032928 |
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