palmary

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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

Each of the palmary sites of which we have spoken has rendered up examples of early Greek temples.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

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

The Progress of Philosophy or of Wisdom is a palmary instance of progress achieved out of the internal resources of that which progresses.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney