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if ever the reader comes to understand the proposition it is by means of having in his mind ideas of his own formation, ideas which the words of the writer did not present to him. It is in a word by having possessing contrive to form to himself a general proposition which the writer ought to have formed for him but did not. For conveying affectually that is to every body and at all times a general idea no proposition can serve that is not a general proposition. A general proposition that is really a general one conveys, the idea the general idea to every one who by whom the import of it is understood, and to that | <p>if ever the reader <lb/> | ||
comes to understand the <lb/> | |||
proposition it is by <lb/> | |||
<del>means of</del> having in <lb/> | |||
his mind ideas of <lb/> | |||
his own formation, <lb/> | |||
ideas which the words <lb/> | |||
of the writer did not <lb/> | |||
present to him. It is <lb/> | |||
in a word by <add>having</add> possessing <lb/> | |||
<add>contrive to form to himself</add> a general proposition <lb/> | |||
which the <lb/> | |||
writer ought to have <lb/> | |||
formed for him but <lb/> | |||
did not.</p> | |||
For conveying affectually <lb/> | |||
that is to every <lb/> | |||
body and at all times <lb/> | |||
a general idea no <lb/> | |||
proposition can serve <lb/> | |||
that is not a general <lb/> | |||
proposition. A general <lb/> | |||
proposition that <lb/> | |||
is really a general <lb/> | |||
one conveys, the idea <lb/> | |||
the general idea to <lb/> | |||
every one <del>who</del> <del>by</del> whom <lb/> | |||
the import of it is understood, <lb/> | |||
and to <add>that</add> time <lb/> | |||
at all times. <add>Of</add> A proposition <lb/> | |||
that is not a <lb/> | |||
general one <del>may be</del><lb/> | |||
<del>const</del> a man may <lb/> | |||
understand the import <lb/> | |||
and that most perfectly <lb/> | |||
without having <lb/> | |||
a general idea <lb/> | |||
in his head <add>mind</add>, without <lb/> | |||
having in his head <lb/> | |||
that sort of <del>prop</del> idea <add>which</add><lb/><pb/> | |||
which the proposition was intended to convey. In a word of propositions that are not general a man may understand as many as would fill a book that should have the appearance of a book of geometry, without understanding a syllable of Geomtery. All books of Geometry hitherto extant have with propositions that are not general There is not a book extant Euclid not excepted which a move in which are not to be formed propositions in abundance every one of which a man may understand, and that most perfectly, without understanding any thing of Geometry. Suppose a book of Geometry composed wholly of such propositions, if a man by reading it has heard understands Geometry, the case is not that he has been taught Geomtery | |||
if ever the reader
comes to understand the
proposition it is by
means of having in
his mind ideas of
his own formation,
ideas which the words
of the writer did not
present to him. It is
in a word by having possessing
contrive to form to himself a general proposition
which the
writer ought to have
formed for him but
did not.
For conveying affectually
that is to every
body and at all times
a general idea no
proposition can serve
that is not a general
proposition. A general
proposition that
is really a general
one conveys, the idea
the general idea to
every one who by whom
the import of it is understood,
and to that time
at all times. Of A proposition
that is not a
general one may be
const a man may
understand the import
and that most perfectly
without having
a general idea
in his head mind, without
having in his head
that sort of prop idea which
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which the proposition was intended to convey. In a word of propositions that are not general a man may understand as many as would fill a book that should have the appearance of a book of geometry, without understanding a syllable of Geomtery. All books of Geometry hitherto extant have with propositions that are not general There is not a book extant Euclid not excepted which a move in which are not to be formed propositions in abundance every one of which a man may understand, and that most perfectly, without understanding any thing of Geometry. Suppose a book of Geometry composed wholly of such propositions, if a man by reading it has heard understands Geometry, the case is not that he has been taught Geomtery
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