The rule of reason, conteinyng the arte of logique, set forth in Englishe, by Thomas Vuilson
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- Title
- The rule of reason, conteinyng the arte of logique, set forth in Englishe, by Thomas Vuilson
- Author
- Wilson, Thomas, 1525?-1581.
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- [Imprinted at London :: By Richard Grafton, printer to the Kynges Maiestie],
- An. M.D.LI. [1551]
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- Logic -- Early works to 1800.
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"The rule of reason, conteinyng the arte of logique, set forth in Englishe, by Thomas Vuilson." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15542.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
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Of suche efficiēt causes as do obey, some doo their woorke, as the Mason worketh vpō the stone, the Carpenter vpō wood. Other efficient causes that are obedient, are but instrumentes of dooyng, as hatchet••es, hammers, pike a••es, with other. In battaill, the capi∣tain is the efficient commaunder: the souldiour•• the efficient obeyer: gunnes dartes, bowes, and billes, the instru∣mentes of doyng. Good hede ought to bee had, that in all causes wee make a difference, not confoundyng one with another, that the nigh causes, & the far¦ther causes, be not taken all for one. A cause farre fetched, is this. Such a one fell out with his neighbour: Ergo he killed hym. Fallyng out bryngeth chi∣dyng, chidyng bryngeth hatred, hatred causeth fightyng, fightyng geueth blo∣wes, blowes sone dispatche, sone dis∣patchyng, is ready death. Therefore, I might more probably reason thus. Suche a one gaue his neighbor a ded∣ly wounde: Ergo he hath killed hym. And thus the argumeist is made from the nighest cause.