...that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the...

...But it is clear that he could, for he is " all powerful," by which I do not mean that he can cause a thing to be and not to be at the same time ; but, that he is " alt the power that is in the universe, AND NO MORE ; and it would be difficult...

...the plain common maxim, or axiom, as it may be called ; — for surely it is as self-evident as that it is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time, or that the whole is greater than the parts, — " Quod nullibi est, nan est, — what exists nowhere...

...reason, that two substances or persons are not one person or substance. In all this I assume merely that it is impossible for a thing to be and not to be, at one and the same time. This is so self-evident, that it is even incapable of any demonstration. It...

...for why is it a self-contradiction, or an impossibility ? " It is impossible," said M. Leibnitz, " for a thing to be and not to be at the same time." This impossibility I admit ; because to assert the contrary, would imply a self-contradiction absolute...

...Contradictories cannot both be true — that is, cannot coexist in nature," — in a propositive form, that it is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time. And, how does he know this impossibility ? Only, we presume, because he cannot conceive a thing to...

...against the first great law of logic, which logicians call the Principle of Contradiction, viz., that it is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time; or, as Schiller expresses it, that it is impossible for ten to be both ten and twelve; a truth which...

...apparent, that many of my readers may call it a self evident proposition; as if I were to say, that it is impossible for a thing to be, and not to be at the tame time. And yet evident as it certainly is, its discussion is both important and necessary, and...

...that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time. There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes upon itself...

...in itself absolutely impossible, but what implies a contradiction ; and though it be contradictious for a thing to be, and not to be, at the same time ; yet is there no manner of contradiction at all in this, for any imperfect contingent being, which...