premises

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The reader will readily see the results which directly follow from Mr. Spencer's premiss.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.

But with us the premiss no longer exists.

From A Grammar of Freethought by Cohen, Chapman

It is characteristic of Royce that in his proof of something sublime, like the existence of God, his premiss should be something sad and troublesome, the existence of error.

From Character and Opinion in the United States by Santayana, George

And what is the true premiss which through an irrefutable logic will give us a satisfactory, a true, an undoubted conclusion.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.

First, I do not accept the premiss; and next, even if I did, I can show that the resulting conclusion would not overturn my definition.

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John