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Twelfth Meeting

Twelfth Meeting December 2nd 1870







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Meeting held at Mr Mond’s house, Dec 2nd 1870
Present. Messrs. Mond, Brunner, J.T. Brunner, Carey
Muskrat, Raven & Watts.
Words proposed for definition
Reason, Instinct
Definitions proposed “Reason”.
Reason. The power of drawing conclusions
                                                           Unversagt
Reason is the power of perceiving the essential
relation of phenomena.                     Onward & upward
Reason. That faculty of mind which distinguishes
between cause & effect.                    Erin go Bragh.
Reason is the faculty of perceiving the logical
dependence of one proposition upon another.
                                                          Palmam qui meruit ferat
Reason is the faculty of deducing results by
the data obtained by the perceptive faculties.
                                                           Gradatim
Reason is the faculty of controlling thought.
                                                            Nemo
Reason is the ability to deduce the unknown
from the known.                                 Paulatim
Definition agreed to. Reason is the faculty of drawing
conclusions from data.
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