FEDERALIST No.31 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the General Power of Taxation)

To the People of the State of New York：

IN DISQUISITIONS of every kind there are certain primary truths， or fi rst principles， upon which all subsequent reasonings must depend. These contain an internal evidence which， antecedent to all reflection or combination， commands the assent of the mind. Where it produces not this effect， it must proceed either from some defect or disorder in the organs of perception， or from the infl uence of some strong interest， or passion， or prejudice. Of this nature are the maxims in geometry that the whole is greater than its part; that things equal to the same are equal to one another; that two straight lines cannot enclose a space; and that all right angles are equal to each other. Of the same nature are these other maxims in ethics and p ......     （共8476字）    [阅读本文]>>