The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively InvestigatedRobert Carter & Bros., 1882 - 451 sider |
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... discover themselves only by their effects , and their law can be detected only by a careful observation of its actings ; and it should be added , that both are capable of evil as well as good , and are to be carefully watched and ...
... discover themselves only by their effects , and their law can be detected only by a careful observation of its actings ; and it should be added , that both are capable of evil as well as good , and are to be carefully watched and ...
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... discover their mode of operation by the blowpipe . They are in their nature spiritual , and so sense cannot see them , or hear them , or handle them , nor can the telescope in its widest range detect them . Still they are there in our ...
... discover their mode of operation by the blowpipe . They are in their nature spiritual , and so sense cannot see them , or hear them , or handle them , nor can the telescope in its widest range detect them . Still they are there in our ...
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... discover what is in them . The mind , in looking at a material object , does not superinduce extension on it , but it observes that it is in space and must be in space . It does not carry within it a chain , wherewith to connect events ...
... discover what is in them . The mind , in looking at a material object , does not superinduce extension on it , but it observes that it is in space and must be in space . It does not carry within it a chain , wherewith to connect events ...
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... discover . All the powers or properties of material substance have rules of action ; for example , gravitation and chemical affinity have appointed modes of opera- tion which can be expressed in quantitative proportions . That mind also ...
... discover . All the powers or properties of material substance have rules of action ; for example , gravitation and chemical affinity have appointed modes of opera- tion which can be expressed in quantitative proportions . That mind also ...
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... discover them by a process of introspection , abstraction , and comparison . ( 4. ) It is possible to defend a fourth position , that the mind can discover necessary and universal truth . Not that I propose to substantiate this ...
... discover them by a process of introspection , abstraction , and comparison . ( 4. ) It is possible to defend a fourth position , that the mind can discover necessary and universal truth . Not that I propose to substantiate this ...
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abstract action admit affirm appear apprehension argument Aristotle axioms believe bodily body causation cause chemical affinity cognitions colour conceive concrete consciousness constitution contemplation declare derived Descartes discover distinction Divine doctrine effect elements error exercise existence experience external facts faculties faith feeling Fichte Gnosiology Hamilton Hegel human idea implies individual induction infinite infinity intellectual intelligence intuitive convictions intuitive knowledge involved J. S. Mill judgments Kant knowledge known law of identity laws of thought Leibnitz Locke logical look maxim mental metaphysicians metaphysics mind moral moral cognitions native nature necessary necessity never notion objects observation operation organism original pantheism particular perceive perception philosophy Plato present primitive principles priori proceed properties propositions qualities reality reason regard relation represented rience scepticism SECT self-evident sensation sense separate soul space speculation substance suppose things thought tion true truth universal καὶ
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Side 294 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Side 287 - ... found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts that we took a wrong course: and that before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Side 105 - When he first saw, he was so far from making any judgment about distances that he thought all objects whatever touched his eyes (as he expressed it) as what he felt did his skin; and thought no objects so agreeable as those which were smooth and regular, though he could form no judgment of their shape, or guess what it was in any object that was pleasing to him. He knew not the shape of...
Side 173 - We are thus taught the salutary lesson, that the capacity of thought is not to be constituted into the measure of existence; and are warned from recognizing the domain of our knowledge as necessarily coextensive with the horizon of our faith. And by a wonderful revelation, we are thus, in the very consciousness of our inability to conceive aught above the relative and finite, inspired with a belief in the existence of something unconditioned beyond the sphere of all comprehensible reality.* 2.
Side 147 - So that if any one will examine himself concerning his notion of pure substance in general, he will find he has no other idea of it at all, but only a supposition of he knows not what support of such qualities, which are capable of producing simple ideas in us; which qualities are commonly called accidents.
Side 148 - When we do our utmost to conceive the existence of external bodies, we are all the while only contemplating our own ideas.
Side 349 - For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not. in temples made with hands; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed...
Side 202 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Side 42 - ... that it is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be at the same time.
Side 185 - Nothing is there to come, and nothing past; But an eternal NOW does always last.