palmary

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Yet this is what M. Bergson does in his whole defence of metaphysical vitalism, and especially in the instance of the evolution of eyes by two different methods, which is his palmary argument.

From Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion by Santayana, George

But let us examine this principle a little more attentively—for it is the palmary one.

From On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Our body itself is the palmary instance of the ambiguous.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William

Whether we betake ourselves to the Ante-nicene writers or the Nicene, certain texts will meet us, which do not obviously refer to that doctrine, yet are put forward as palmary proofs of it.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

Swedenborg's case is of course the palmary one of audita et visa, serving as a basis of religious revelation.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William