...This is called common sense, because it is common to all men with whom we can transact business." " The same degree of understanding (he afterwards observes)...expressly used as synonymous with natural light and reason.* It is to be regretted, as a circumstance unfavourable to the reception of Dr. Beattie's valuable...

...is called common sense, because " it is common to all men with whom we can transact busi" ness." " The same degree of understanding (he afterwards observes)..." which makes a man capable of acting with common pru" dence in life, makes him capable of discerning what is true " and what is false, in matters that...

...•• is called common sense, because it is common to all men with whom " we can transact business." " The same degree of understanding (he afterwards observes)...expressly used as synonymous with natural light and reason.* the same lights, if he had availed himself of their guidance in hit inquiries concerning the...

...called com•• mon stnse, because it is common to all men with whom we can transact " business." The same degree of understanding (he afterwards observes)...discerning what is true and what is false, in matters * It is remarkable how little attention the writings of Buffier have attracted in his own country,...

...man capable of acting with common prudence in the conduct of life, makes him capable of discovering what is true and what is false in matters that are self-evident, and which he distinctly apprehends. All knowledge, and all science, must be built upon principles that arc self-evident ; and of such principles,...

...quelque part, eiles m'auraie'** beaucoup de peines et d'h^sitations." " Je regrette beaucoup que i"~ observes, " which makes a man capable of acting with...expressly used as synonymous with natural light and reason.* It is to be regretted, as a circumstance unfavorable to the reception of Dr. Beattie's valuable...

...ideesdu Pere Buffier," &c. &c. — Elemens d' Ideologic, par M. Xteittitt-Tracy, Tom. III. pp. 136, 137. observes, " which makes a man capable of acting with...expressly used as synonymous with natural light and reason.* It is to be regretted, as a circumstance unfavorable to the reception of Dr. Beattie's valuable...

...This is called common sense, because it is common to all men with whom we - can transact business." " The same degree of understanding," he afterwards observes,...him capable of discerning what is true and what is fake, in matters that are self-evident, and which he distinctly apprehends." In a subsequent paragraph,...

...man capable of acting with common prudence in the conduct of life, makes him capable of discovering what is true and what is false in matters that are self-evident, and which he distinctly apprehends. [523] All knowledge, and all science, must be built upon principles that are self-evident ; and of...

...common to all men with whom we can transact business." Again he says, "The same degree of understanding which makes a man. capable of acting with common prudence...self-evident, and which he distinctly apprehends." It is necessary we should notice Dr. Reid's theory respecting the nature of testimony from experience....