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obliged ; i ; aoi ^ w , Uy ite > fevwh m # m fenbd , a prtfvmus en&L&amvM * Ip muck pleased with tfee ^ oyivejr ^ t that took place between th ^ e g <* ft * l $ Bi&p , aoid could not help vyislwg , $ k £ t a ^ h friendly meetings were moire Ifeefcquent . ... . , . ^_ . ^/> . * - W ^ TITFOBJ ^
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Essay vn Truth . [ From " The JNTewcastle Magj&zine . ** for Jtily , &c . 1822 . ]
WHAT is tw * ? i § a gu § s $ pj * that ; bq $ been fr $$ iu $ n % £ s& £ < Ji and to which so many dffierg # tA %% &wetfs &aye been given * that some ttfive € Onteja 4 e 4 no satisfactory . angweg gm $ e givea to it , wjiife others & % Te $ 9 ? serted th&t it is a mere a a me , a souad
without a meaning . Q ^ it tlrat . if is something rnoye , than a mere unmeaning sound would appear from the impo ^ i ^ ce which the inajp ^ t y of mankind in . a ] l ^ ges pf the world h ^ ve attached tp it . „ ^ Jid tliat the que&tion
does , really ad 9 \ it of a s ^ i ^ factoiiy- a ^ t $ we , r , ; is rendered something more ^ haii baj-ejy , probable by the single f ^ cj , that there jU ^ n , o ^ ngxw ^ ge yvi ^ whicjU we are acquainted , whicji kfijai mat m i %
^ otne term Or pbxase equiv ^ lejat tQ wi ? word truth . A therefore pjQp ^ se , i # the preseqt paper , not only tq inyeQ-^ iga te \ yh& % tratfc i /; in genejra ^ , 1 ^ Mt to ppmt o ^ t itia . napflt i ^ pp ^ twli div ^ o ^ 4 ida svb 4 nmon ^ ts > m % wx $ . ip $ 9 > tfee nature pf tte fcvid $ nQ 6 AW .-. ^ A « dl « WB the
fi ve ow ^ sw * ^ eacb < tf different mfa . of trutlia , ^ 4 kswljr to point <^^ spoie . . the a . 4 vantages w ^ c& we derive from » knowledge , oC th ^ m . ; As soon as inankiud mi t ^ immd $ q far in the . art of qqei ^ j mt ^ rcour ^ e as to b ^ ^ ble to con ^ miwic ^ e tUek itr
ideas to one aaatj ^ r Jfof ww < l $ > hi maiufest ^ that wfea ^ v ^ , one , pemon conveyed any apinim tQ mQtfar , to which the latter wiabed t ^ . gWe hk «^ sent # hewouK . be desirous ot Iw ^ ing the means pf expre 8 » mg ^ tbia ft ^ en tiii n& ffew words as pofidible i henc ^ the
Wigm of the words trMe m 4 tm $ k * Tmi ^ we say , / tf » # t , the three ^ nj ^^ # f ^ PlLi »^ ^ Wfi p ^ nue tpget ^ erieqv Ubid . ^ Ife ^^ ^^ Wi « M » 4 '
«ftS fii ^^ SSriBSBft (<^ plymg t \ te \ yuxa bt 4 f , m titf p ^ apo&i
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pae , <>^ ye i ^ wlwoK * P ^ € ;« ^ ft ^^ agjre # inejtf ; betw ^ ea qut ^ idfi ^ M this f $ & 9 #$$$ « At * tbft ? % ^^ i fftfc ^^ 4 red ia aLga quit ^ compijon , to . spej& . crf ^ # rii ^ A oc ftf i 4 ^ m&h $ & Mm * p&&pti t ? mk . whick , k analhejr ^ hb ^ fiati ^ n . wiHWf ^ Hn tke with
lt » V ^ i ^ a ^ iii » jg ^ ; ww y ^ t i ^ e »« ¦* ** . ** *¦ ¦ .- ««> «•• e ^ pres ^ ed ia pfopogitioa ^ the fact , that i « , with ^ he real property of the triangle . Here the idea e ^ esaed \ n the proposition is the aiga > and the of the the
^ l property triangle . tlung siguiSed ; $ & tU ^ t , i « this < &&& , HUth cojasisU in the ^ greenaent of tte sign with the Me ^ -. sigui ^ Qd , Aad a ^ all the circuitstajacea , frpm vdifch this weapjfltjr of the m& ® k truth . i& derived ,
are coeamoBi to evej ^ mathematical proposition , it foiknys that , in mathen > a , tic 3 , the abstract term . / r «/ A always siguifies the agceement of the sign vyith the thing aieriiifted . , ...
~ But thia mode of illustration is not confined , tQ . mathematical truths $ it ^ ay , with equal faculty , be applied to any : physical pdtoposiiaon whatoyer . — Tku ^ we may take the pcaporitioflL , a stone ^ will fell torthe ground if
unsupported ^ aad say it ia a true proposition , or it is a truth ; or we mighty if we ple ^ sed ^ tolk about its tn ^ th Jyost as in the former exatuple . In thia case the idea raised iu t ^ e w # * yl w t %# mypciation of the proposition is the sigu ,
and tlxe property or tejftdeutJY etf jihe $ to » e . to ^ pproa < A the eartii tie thing qigw&edo So th ^ t ^ in this case , as in to foriwqr , tiruth coiisbts in the agreement oft tha fii ^ fj with . t ^ e / Aia ^ - aignifie < 3 L t ^ 4 ftavthe-saoaje Biode of reaaoniiur ifiL , evideii tdy anplieable to e ^ v ry
pkyric ^ l pRQp ^ aitioix ^ jil is plai » that wtugpL we isay a propo ^ ition ia true , we oi 4 y iiae aa aWwviaiedisUidfi , of cxpireis ^^ i >^ b « 4 iefr Afet th ^ tibiaertiaa ari 4 efi ^ ri | ilip |^^ i ^ be ,
^« mte £ 4 l | % Hk SM ^ pio » iti < m , u ^ reea fmm i ^ tir - ¦ rint tJfr . * w&fitfeiioOaUy lobtliadtta in m ^ p ^ f / ^ uQt tift ^ tKia BiKreement takes ? iilacc . we ift ^ lte JlfODOflB iwL fe ~ fflpyayjim *^ yf ^ wy ^ jy ^ ' ^^ r ^ BTO'ri' ^^ y ^ TCyp ^ ju F fT'T ^*^^' ' ^ n ^! 5 jpr r w' " " T * v ^^^ ff *^ VI ^ T ^ t ^^ J ^ flffl ^ ft ^ ff ^ T ^ n ^ W ^^^^ p ^ ljr ^^^^^^^^^^ P' ^ ' ^^^^ V ^ 'f ' J ^ ¦ T ^ ' ^ ' " ^ l * ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1823, page 212, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1783/page/20/
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