On the Philosophy of Discovery, Chapters Historical and Critical

by William Whewell

[230] Grammaire, p. xxxvi.

[231] Since the selection and construction of terms is thus a matter of so much consequence in the formation of science, it is proper that systematic rules, founded upon sound principles, should be laid down for the performance of this operation. Some such rules are accordingly suggested in b. iv. of the Nov. Org. Ren.

[232] Disc. Prélim. p. viii.

[233] Helvetius Sur l'Homme, c. xxiii.

[234] P. xiii.

[235] See Mr.Sharpe's Essays.

[236] Price's Essays, p. 16.

[237] P. 18.

[238] Reid, Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind, iii. 31.

[239] Stewart, Outlines of Moral Phil. p. 138.