Sentence examples for in discourse on from inspiring English sources

She begins by giving an example of the correct method for attaining knowledge, one similar to those developed by Descartes in Discourse on the Method and Arnauld and Nicole in Logic or the Art of Thinking (see section 2.3 of this entry).

As early as 1824, Giacomo Leopardi, in "Discourse on the Present State of the Customs of the Italians," concluded that society in Italy was above all "a vehicle of hatred and disunity".

Just as Rousseau, in "Discourse on Inequality," is really writing a theological history of society's fall (man has been expelled from an original Eden, into the corruptions of modern civil society), so Tocqueville is really writing a theological history of society's rise, which culminates in the founding of America.

This method, which he later formulated in Discourse on Method (1637) and Rules for the Direction of the Mind (written by 1628 but not published until 1701), consists of four rules: (1) accept nothing as true that is not self-evident, (2) divide problems into their simplest parts, (3) solve problems by proceeding from simple to complex, and (4) recheck the reasoning.

In Discourse on the Method, Descartes remarks that all minds have the same ability to reason (AT 2; CSM 111).

The most natural assumption is that they are like individual substances as characterized by Leibniz in Discourse on Metaphysics §8, that is, as having complete individual concepts.

They are also invariably bound in discourses on nationalism.

Therefore, in discourses on American society, a "farmer" is relatively wealthy, whereas farm workers are generally less wealthy.

Yet Galileo would not publish anything making time central to motion until 1638, in Discourses on the Two New Sciences (Galileo 1638/1954).

The novel is brilliant in discoursing on the future of democracy, and if that is a topic of keen interest, few books will satisfy that urge like this one will.

Served as an adult-sized accompaniment to the preceding fluff (see above), it promises an in-depth discourse on the Iron Lady's early political career.