The Biographical History of Philosophy from Its Origin in Greece Down to the Present DayD. Appleton, 1857 - 801 páginas |
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... organs , such as the liver ; when they said that the " spirit , " which was the purer element of the blood , was ... organ- ism ; the varieties observable being either due to a difference of conditions ( which will produce varieties out ...
... organs , such as the liver ; when they said that the " spirit , " which was the purer element of the blood , was ... organ- ism ; the varieties observable being either due to a difference of conditions ( which will produce varieties out ...
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... organs , which he fancied he discovered in the stars . All creation and all material action were but respiration and exhalation . In the attraction of moisture to the sun , in the attraction of iron to the magnet , he equally saw a ...
... organs , which he fancied he discovered in the stars . All creation and all material action were but respiration and exhalation . In the attraction of moisture to the sun , in the attraction of iron to the magnet , he equally saw a ...
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... e . dependent on his organ- ization . 1 Ch . Renouvier , Manuel de la Philosophie Ancienne , i . 152 , who cites Plutarch , Opin . des Philos . iv . 5 . seeming ( dóža ) ; but thought derived from Reason 52 THE ELEATICS .
... e . dependent on his organ- ization . 1 Ch . Renouvier , Manuel de la Philosophie Ancienne , i . 152 , who cites Plutarch , Opin . des Philos . iv . 5 . seeming ( dóža ) ; but thought derived from Reason 52 THE ELEATICS .
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... organs of sense are closed , the mind within is shut out from all sympathy with the surrounding ether , the universal Reason ; and the only connecting medium is the breath , as it were a root , and by this separation the mind loses the ...
... organs of sense are closed , the mind within is shut out from all sympathy with the surrounding ether , the universal Reason ; and the only connecting medium is the breath , as it were a root , and by this separation the mind loses the ...
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... organ . The eye , for example , is composed of aqueous humors ; and water sees . But how does water see ? It is diaphanous , and receives the image of what- ever is presented to it . This is a very rude and material hypothesis ; but did ...
... organ . The eye , for example , is composed of aqueous humors ; and water sees . But how does water see ? It is diaphanous , and receives the image of what- ever is presented to it . This is a very rude and material hypothesis ; but did ...
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Página 505 - For words are wise men's counters; they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of an Aristotle, a Cicero, or a Thomas, or any other doctor whatsoever, if but a man.
Página 548 - So much understanding, so much knowledge, so much innocence, and such humility, I did not think had been the portion of any but angels, till I saw this gentleman...
Página 518 - ... 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.
Página 558 - ... all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world, have not any subsistence without a mind ; that their being is to be perceived or known ; that consequently so long as they are not actually perceived by me, or do not exist in my mind, or that of any other created spirit, they must either have no existence at all, or else subsist in the mind of some Eternal Spirit...
Página 570 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Página 556 - Principles Of Human Knowledge 1. OBJECTS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.—It is evident to any one who takes a survey of the objects of human knowledge, that they are either IDEAS actually imprinted on the senses; or else such as are perceived by attending to the passions and operations of the mind; or lastly, ideas formed by help of memory and imagination—either compounding, dividing, or barely representing those originally perceived in the aforesaid ways.
Página 574 - We may well ask, What causes induce us to believe in the existence of body ? but 'tis in vain to ask, Whether there be body or not ? That is a point, which we must take for granted in all our reasonings.
Página 552 - It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word all sensible objects, have an existence, natural or real ', distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. But, with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this Principle may be entertained in the world, yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it in question may, if I mistake not, perceive it to involve a manifest contradiction.
Página 552 - I see with my eyes and touch with my hands do exist, really exist, I make not the least question. The only thing whose existence we deny, is that which philosophers call Matter or corporeal substance. And in doing of this, there is no damage done to the rest of mankind, who, I dare say, will never miss it.
Página 562 - But neither can this be said ; for though we give the materialists their external bodies, they by their own confession are never the nearer knowing how our ideas are produced: since they own themselves unable to comprehend in what manner body can act upon spirit, or how it is possible it should imprint any idea in the mind.