Copy 1, Volume 1

An ethical treatise on the passions, founded on the principles investigated in the philosophical treatise / By T. Cogan.

  • Thomas Cogan
Date:
1807-1810
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Credit: An ethical treatise on the passions, founded on the principles investigated in the philosophical treatise / By T. Cogan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    extent; and thus carefully to peruse the history of human nature, and make a faith- ful report. This process is necessarily circuitous. A considerable degree of patience is required, to pursue it through its various stages; and it is possible that some parts of the treatise will, to many readers, appear chargeable with a tedious and unnecessary minutenesy; particularly in the definitions concerning the intellectual powers of man. The charge will be valid should any distinctions have been made, where no rea] difference exists; work of this nature, to notice such differ- ences notwithstanding their minuteness ; for each will lead, in some connection or other, to its own peculiar consequences. It is a just remark made by the Author quoted above that “if all the general. words in a language had a precise meaning, and were perfectly understood, as mathematical terms are, all verbal disputes would be at an end,