Eleventh Meeting

Eleventh Meeting November 16th 1870

 

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Nov. 16th 1870
Meeting at Mr J T Brunner’s. Kaludah Terrace
Present. Messrs. J.T Brunner, Muspratt, Watts,
Mond, Raven, Carey & H Brunner.
Minutes of the last meeting read & passed.
Words proposed for definition
Common sense & Nonsense
Definitions proposed for Common sense.
Common sense is the faculty of taking logical
[xx] on the occurrences of daily life.
                                               Unversagt
Common sense is that power which enables us
to perceive as if by instinct between [xx] [such]
falsehood, cause & effect [x] & which enables its
possessor to adopt the best means of attaining
his end.                                    Nemo
Common sense is that faculty of perception
or apprehension of the [xxx] which is supposed
to be common to the human race.
                                              Gradatim
Common sense is the application of sense to the
affairs of daily life
                                             Palmam qui meruit ferat
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Common sense is sense displayed in common
things.                                                 Onward & upward
Common sense is active sense           Erin go bragh
Common sense is the faculty by which the truth
of common things is perceived          Paulatim
                           Majority definition.
Common sense is sense used in common things
Subscribed to by Erin go bragh, Paulatim, Palmam
qui meruit ferat, & Onward & upward
                           Minority definition
Common sense is that degree of sense possessed by
the majority of mankind
Subscribed to by Unversagt, Gradatim, Nemo.

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Definitions proposed for “Nonsense”
Nonsense is absence of sense                     Palmam qui..
Nonsense is sense perverted                       Erin go bragh
Nonsense is that which is obviously [xxx]
                                                                     Paulatim
Nonsense. Words which give incorrect or [xxx]
[xxx] ideas                                                  Nemo
Nonsense is that which is clearly opposed to sense
                                                                    Onward & upward.
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Nonsense is a conclusion of the mind which dis-
-plays the lack of correct reasoning on the data
furnished by the [apprehension] faculties.
                                                                   Gradatim
Nonsense is that which is contrary to the laws of
logic                                                          Unversagt
                      Majority definition
Nonsense is that which obviously fails to conform
to the laws of logic, Onward and Upward, Unversagt
Gradation, Nemo, Erin go bragh, Palmam qui..
                     Minority definition
Nonsense is that which is obviously [xxx]
conveys no meaning.                            Paulatim
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Tenth Meeting

Tenth Meeting November 4th 1870

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Meeting at Mr H Brunner’s
Nov 4th 1870
Present- J.T. Brunner, W.A.Watts, L.Mond
H.Brunner & James L. Muspratt
The following letter addressed to the chairman
of the Q.Q.C.C. was read.
Dear Sir,
    Allow me in a lucid moment to protest
against the majority definition of Natural
Law to which at the last meeting I was [basely]
[bamboozled] into subscribing. I [submit] that
law cannot be a property & it is simply the
order in which [events] occur. In other words
this sequence of phenomena. - Allow me also
to record my definitions for this evening.
Sense - the faculty by which truth is perceived.
                                                    Paulatim
It was resolved that this letter be entered in
the minutes book, coupled with a protest from
the members present against the language
[??] in the letter.

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Terms to be defined
Sense, Common sense, [Nonsense]
Sense The faculty to confirm with or to think
& act according to law                Unversagt
Sense, the faculty by which truth is perceived
                                Paulatim
Sense is a tendency in [each] individual to [see] the
power of rationality. [xxx] a? proposition. this?
science of rationality .                Palmam qui
Sense the faculty which perceives the result of the
reasoning powers                    Erin go bragh
Sense is the power of reasoning in a [low] [degree]
                                Onward and Upward
Sense is the faculty of perception    Nemo
Definitions agreed to
Sense is the faculty of thinking & acting according
to the laws of logic.
Unversagt, Onward and Upward, Nemo, Erin go bragh
Minority definition
Sense The tendency of mind to think & act
according to the laws of logic
Palmam qui meruit ferat
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