Benchmarks

94. what is method?

A. The disposal & arrangement of our thoughts in
such a manner that their connexion & dependence
may be clearly seen. —

95. how is method divided?

A. into the analytic & synthetic.

96. what is the analytic method?

A. it is the tracing things back to their source & reaching
knowledge into its first original principle.

97. what is the synthetic method?

A. the deducing of truths from first principles and
connecting them according to their determinative dependence.

98. what are these methods otherwise called?

A. the methods of resolution & composition or the
methods of invention & science.

99. what are the preparatory qualities to inventions?

A. attention, a comprehensive understanding, & a judicious

choice of intermediate ideas.

100. to what branch of knowledge does science belong?

A. to that only which is derived from the contem-

plation of our ideas.

101. is our knowledge of the real existence of bodies intuitive?

A. no.

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