The Biographical History of Philosophy from Its Origin in Greece Down to the Present DayD. Appleton, 1857 - 801 páginas |
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... forced to confess that we are unable fully to comprehend the divine truth in its reality , although we may rightly apprehend a few general principles . Nevertheless , to suppose , in conformity with human thought , that there is ...
... forced to confess that we are unable fully to comprehend the divine truth in its reality , although we may rightly apprehend a few general principles . Nevertheless , to suppose , in conformity with human thought , that there is ...
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... forced them to admit that it was more easy to conceive The Many as a pro- duce of The One , than to conceive The One on the assumption of the existing Many . " The polemical method entirely disconcerted the partisans of the Ionian ...
... forced them to admit that it was more easy to conceive The Many as a pro- duce of The One , than to conceive The One on the assumption of the existing Many . " The polemical method entirely disconcerted the partisans of the Ionian ...
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... forced away , when in the course of my reading I saw him make no use of in- tellect , nor employ certain causes for the purpose of orderly dis- posing particulars , but assign air , ether , and water , and many other things equally ...
... forced away , when in the course of my reading I saw him make no use of in- tellect , nor employ certain causes for the purpose of orderly dis- posing particulars , but assign air , ether , and water , and many other things equally ...
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... forced to differ from all historians we have consulted , except De Gerando , who hesitates about the matter , respecting the place occupied by Empedocles . Brucker classes him among the Pythagoreans ; Ritter , amongst the Eleatics ...
... forced to differ from all historians we have consulted , except De Gerando , who hesitates about the matter , respecting the place occupied by Empedocles . Brucker classes him among the Pythagoreans ; Ritter , amongst the Eleatics ...
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George Henry Lewes. be mere delusions . Thus the question forced itself on the mind of Democritus - In what manner could the senses perceive ex- ternal things ? Once settle the modus operandi , and then the real efficacy of the senses ...
George Henry Lewes. be mere delusions . Thus the question forced itself on the mind of Democritus - In what manner could the senses perceive ex- ternal things ? Once settle the modus operandi , and then the real efficacy of the senses ...
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absolute abstract admit Anaxagoras Anaximander answer appear argument Aristippus Aristodemus Aristotle assert attribute axiom Bacon believe Berkeley body Bruno called cause certitude conceive conception consciousness consequence declared deductive Democritus Descartes Dialectics Diogenes distinct divine doctrine Dugald Stewart Eleatics Empedocles endeavor epoch error existence experience explain external fact faculties Fichte finite forced Greek Hegel Heraclitus human Hume Idealism ideas images Induction infinite inquiry intellectual Intelligence Kant knowledge laws Locke Locke's logical matter means metaphysical Method mind moral motion nature never noumena noumenon objects opinions origin Parmenides passage perceive perception phenomena Philos Philosophy Phrenology Plato Plotinus position principles Proclus proposition Protagoras Psychology Pyrrho Pythagoras question reader Reason refutation respecting says sensation sense Sextus Empiricus skepticism Socrates Sophists soul speculations Spinoza substance supposed Thales theory things thinkers thought tion true truth understand universal words Xenophanes Zeno
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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.