...Similarly, John Stuart Mill says, " Language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought,...imperfection in the instrument, or in the mode of employing it, is confessedly liable, still more than in any other art, to confuse and impede the process,...

...also an in- lnou«hlt strument of thought, and one of the principal helps in all mental operations ; and any imperfection in the instrument, or in the mode of using it, will materially affect any result attained through its aid. nflorda »ii,Mts of instrument Every hnuich...

...operations. Language is an instrument of thought, and one of the principal helps in all menial operations. Any imperfection in the instrument, or in the mode of using it. will materially affect any result attained through its aid. Every branch of science has, to a certain extent,...

...suspected of prejudice or partiality — " language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought...any imperfection in the instrument or in the mode of employing it is confessedly liable, still more than in almost any other art, to confuse and impede...

...a portion of the art of thinking. Language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought ; and any imperfection in the instruments, or in the mode of employing it, is confessedly liable, still more than in almost any other...

...a portion of the art of thinking. Language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought ; and any imperfection in the instruments, or in the mode of employing it, is confessedly liable, still more than in almost any other...

...called a proposition; and a protess of reasoning, expressed in language, is called a demonstration* The reasoning processes, in Logic, are conducted usually...branch, has a definite and precise signification. • Whately's Logic, — of the operations of the mind and senses. In the science of numbers, the ten...

...suspected of prejudice or partiality : — Language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought...any imperfection in the instrument or in the mode of employing it is confessedly liable, still more than in almost any other art, to confuse and impede...

...suspected of prejudice or partiality : — Language is evidently, and by the admission of all philosophers, one of the principal instruments or helps of thought...any imperfection in the instrument or in the mode of employing it is confessedly liable, still more than in almost any other art, to confuse and impede...

...all complicated cases, can take place dn no other way. The words employed are signs of ideas { ;imd are also one of the principal instruments or helps...branch, has a (definite and precise signification. In the science of numbers, the ten characters, called figures, are the alphabet of the arithmetical...