But when, in the first sett... by Thomas Reid, a Scottish Philosopher

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“But when, in the first setting out, he takes it for granted without proof, that distinctions found in the structure of all languages, have no foundation in nature; this surely is too fastidious a way of treating the common sense of mankind.”

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Name: Thomas Reid

Nationality: Scottish

Date of Birth: Apr 26, 1710

Date of Death: Oct 7, 1796

Profession: Philosopher

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Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.

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The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.

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There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

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It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances.

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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy.

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