It will be seen in later portions of our exposition that these and other general principles of an analogical type have lost none of their potency in their more modern or more erudite phases.
But philosophy deals exclusively with the most fundamental conceptions and the most general principles of orderly arrangement.
That branch of logic which deals with the advance from individual instances to general principles, is called inductive logic.
It has not a shred of constitutional argument, nor does it enter at all into a discussion of general principles.
He did not urge that, on general principles, religious tests were wrong, that they were relics of the past and in hopeless conflict with the fundamental doctrines of American liberty and democracy.
We are urged to adopt the system on general principles; .
For, he has a peculiar resource which supplies him with general principles, from which he can argue; and the possession of this resource forms the fundamental difference between him and the man of science.
As a Scotchman, he preferred reasoning from general principles to particular facts; as an inhabitant of England, he became inured to the opposite plan of reasoning from particular facts to general principles.
And that even Erasistratus was aware of this is known to those who have read the first book of his "General Principles.
VI And if one looks carefully into the matter one will find that even Erasistratus's reasoning on the subject of nutrition, which he takes up in the second book of his "General Principles," fails to escape this same difficulty.
The constitution is necessarily confined to the statement of general principles.
In a remarkable letter, he discusses the question whether, for the conduct of life, precept is sufficient without dogma, whether a man can govern his life by empirical rules, without a foundation of general principles.
But action will not be right and virtuous unless the will be also right, and rightness of will depends on ordered habit of the soul,(1655) and that again springs from right general principles or dogmas.
Let me remind you, under the head of general principles, that there is no such thing as "suction.
I give my notions of general principles; the application of them I leave to you.
As to your preachment on general principles, I'll do the best I can with it; but don't give me too much at once.
Defn: Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
In induction we observe a sufficient number of individual facts, and, on the ground of analogy, extend what is true of them to others of the same class, thus arriving at general principles or laws.
The coryza, tonsillitis, laryngitis, bronchitis are to be treated according to general principles, if they require treatment at all.
Every case should be treated on general principles; thus, it is not possible to lay down a routine treatment for every individual case.
As soon as the surface is no longer diphtheritic the local and general treatment is to be continued on general principles.
Thus being able masters in the detail of their own affairs, and well qualified to acquit themselves on particular occasions, they study no science, and go in pursuit of no general principles.
In theory we profess the investigation of general principles; and in order to bring the matter of our inquiries within the reach of our comprehension, are disposed to adopt any system.
Many fantastic notions about the workings of Heredity had been asserted as general principles before: this was probably only another fancy of the same class.
General principles do not account for a particular sequence; they embody necessary conditions; but there is a chapter of accidents too.
I do not know to what you refer in particular; but I can truthfully deny trouble on general principles.
So it happened that when Pierre, announcing to her her sixteenth birthday, had likewise broached the subject of marriage she opposed it not on rational grounds but simply on general principles.
There is not a single workman who will ever let slip an opportunity to give a speeding kick to a falling boss on general principles, if not from personal motives.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "general principles" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
