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...both sides, " that we have a power of reasoning concerning a figure considered merely as triangular, without attending to the particular qualities of the angles, or relations of the sides ; " and also, that " we may reason concerning Peter or John, considered so far forth as man, or so...

...both sides, " that we have a power of reasoning concerning a figure considered merely as triangular, without attending to the particular qualities of the angles, or relations of the sides ; " and also, that " we may reason concerning Peter or John, considered so far forth as man, or so...