A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative; a "principle" carries knowledge within itself, and is prospective.


Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (ed. 1851)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes

A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative; a principle carries knowledge within itself, and is...

A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative; a principle carries knowledge within itself, and is...

A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative; a principle carries knowledge within itself, and is...

A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative; a principle carries knowledge within itself, and is...