Thomas Reid

It is a question of fact, whether the influence of motives be fixed by laws of nature, so that they shall always have the same effect in the same circumstances.

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These are some quotes by Scottish author Thomas Reid Philosopher, who lived between April 26, 1710 and October 7, 1796.

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There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words.

Thomas Reid

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The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.

Thomas Reid

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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy.

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