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to these, it is manifest, can make no <add>a</add>dvance: it must<lb/> | to these, it is manifest, can make no <add>a</add>dvance: it must<lb/> | ||
either stop short, or turn-back, as it were, upon itself, in a<lb/> | either stop short, or turn-back, as it were, upon itself, in a<lb/> | ||
circulate or a | circulate or a repetend.</p> | ||
<p>"Fortitude is a virtue:" — Very well: — but what is a<lb/> | <p>"Fortitude is a virtue:" — Very well: — but what is a<lb/> | ||
virtue? "Virtue is a disposition:" — Good again: — but what<lb/> | |||
is a disposition? "A disposition is a ---;" and there we stop. The<lb/> | is a disposition? "A disposition is a ---;" and there we stop. The<lb/> | ||
fact is, a <hi rend="underline">disposition</hi> has no <hi rend="underline">superior genus</hi>: <hi rend="underline">a disposition</hi> is not a<lb/> | fact is, a <hi rend="underline">disposition</hi> has no <hi rend="underline">superior genus</hi>: <hi rend="underline">a disposition</hi> is not a<lb/> | ||
---, any thing: — this is not the way to give us any notion<lb/> | ---, any thing: — this is not the way to give us any notion<lb/> | ||
of what is meant by it. " A <hi rend="underline">power</hi>," again, "is a right:" and<lb/> | of what is meant by it." A <hi rend="underline">power</hi>," again, "is a right:" and<lb/> | ||
what is a <hi rend="underline">right</hi>? It is a <hi rend="underline">power</hi>. — An <hi rend="underline">estate</hi> is an <hi rend="underline">interest</hi>,<lb/> | what is a <hi rend="underline">right</hi>? It is a <hi rend="underline">power</hi>. — An <hi rend="underline">estate</hi> is an <hi rend="underline">interest</hi>,<lb/> | ||
says our Author somewhere; where he begins defining an estate<lb/> | says our Author somewhere; where he begins defining an estate<lb/> | ||
— as well might he <add>have</add> said an <hi rend="underline">interest</hi> was an <hi rend="underline">estate</hi>. As well,<lb/> | — as well might he <add>have</add> said an <hi rend="underline">interest</hi> was an <hi rend="underline">estate</hi>. As well,<lb/> | ||
in short, were it to define in this manner, a <add>con</add>junction or a<lb/> | in short, were it to define in this manner, a <add>con</add>junction or a<lb/> | ||
preposition. As well were <add> | preposition. As well were it <add>to</add> say of the preposition <hi rend="underline">through</hi> or<lb/> | ||
of the conjunction <hi rend="underline">because</hi>; a <hi rend="underline">through</hi> is a ---, or a <hi rend="underline">because</hi> is<lb/> | of the conjunction <hi rend="underline">because</hi>; a <hi rend="underline">through</hi> is a ---, or a <hi rend="underline">because</hi> is<lb/> | ||
a ---, and so go on defining them.</p> | a ---, and so go on defining them.</p> | ||
<p>Of this stamp, by the bye, are some of his most fundamental<lb/> | <p>Of this stamp, by the bye, are some of his most fundamental<lb/> | ||
definitions: of consequence they must leave the<lb/> | definitions: of consequence they must leave the<lb/> | ||
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The common method of defining — the method per genus & differentiam,
as logicians call it, will, in many cases, not at all answer the
purpose. Among abstract terms we soon come to such as have
no superior genus. A definition, per genus & differentium, when applied
to these, it is manifest, can make no advance: it must
either stop short, or turn-back, as it were, upon itself, in a
circulate or a repetend.
"Fortitude is a virtue:" — Very well: — but what is a
virtue? "Virtue is a disposition:" — Good again: — but what
is a disposition? "A disposition is a ---;" and there we stop. The
fact is, a disposition has no superior genus: a disposition is not a
---, any thing: — this is not the way to give us any notion
of what is meant by it." A power," again, "is a right:" and
what is a right? It is a power. — An estate is an interest,
says our Author somewhere; where he begins defining an estate
— as well might he have said an interest was an estate. As well,
in short, were it to define in this manner, a conjunction or a
preposition. As well were it to say of the preposition through or
of the conjunction because; a through is a ---, or a because is
a ---, and so go on defining them.
Of this stamp, by the bye, are some of his most fundamental
definitions: of consequence they must leave the
reader where they found him.
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