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A brief retrospect of the eighteenth century, part first; in two volumes containing a sketch of the revolutions and improvements in science, art, and literature, during that period.Philosophy of the human mind.

A brief retrospect of the eighteenth century, part first; in two volumes containing a sketch of... If the physical sciences have received great improvements during the century under consideration, it is feared the same cannot, with truth, be said respecting the science of the human mind, and the auxiliary branches of philosophy. In this wide field, new experiments and discoveries, in the proper sense of the words, can have no place; and there are serious grounds of suspicion, that many modern systems of high claims, and imposing aspect, are, by no means, substantial additions to the sum of knowledge. There is no doubt, indeed, that we have happily gotten rid of much pedantry and jargon, which once obtained currency among the learned. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A brief retrospect of the eighteenth century, part first; in two volumes containing a sketch of the revolutions and improvements in science, art, and literature, during that period.Philosophy of the human mind.

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T and J Swords
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If the physical sciences have received great improvements during the century under consideration, it is feared the same cannot, with truth, be said respecting the science of the human mind, and the auxiliary branches of philosophy. In this wide field, new experiments and discoveries, in the proper sense of the words, can have no place; and there are serious grounds of suspicion, that many modern systems of high claims, and imposing aspect, are, by no means, substantial additions to the sum of knowledge. There is no doubt, indeed, that we have happily gotten rid of much pedantry and jargon, which once obtained currency among the learned. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Nov 10, 2008

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