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... course of meta- physical speculation . A History of Philosophy , ' written to show that philosophy , in the usual sense , is from first to last an illusion , " mere energy wasted on insoluble problems , " seems more absurd in two large ...
... course of meta- physical speculation . A History of Philosophy , ' written to show that philosophy , in the usual sense , is from first to last an illusion , " mere energy wasted on insoluble problems , " seems more absurd in two large ...
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... course of its development , it will be useful so far to follow Mr Lewes's plan , and devote a portion of our space to a review of the life of M. Comte . In this , as in other cases , great light is thrown upon the system by some ...
... course of its development , it will be useful so far to follow Mr Lewes's plan , and devote a portion of our space to a review of the life of M. Comte . In this , as in other cases , great light is thrown upon the system by some ...
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... course of mathe- matics . " Even before this time , he says that his mind had been awakened to the political and social problems of his time , and the necessity of meeting 1 Préface Personelle , p . vi . 1 them by some new philosophical ...
... course of mathe- matics . " Even before this time , he says that his mind had been awakened to the political and social problems of his time , and the necessity of meeting 1 Préface Personelle , p . vi . 1 them by some new philosophical ...
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... course of his second session , one of the masters had offended the junior students by his manner ; the older pupils sympathised with their companions , and to- gether they decided that the master was unworthy to continue in his office ...
... course of his second session , one of the masters had offended the junior students by his manner ; the older pupils sympathised with their companions , and to- gether they decided that the master was unworthy to continue in his office ...
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... course of the next few years . He was induced first of all to try the post of private secretary to Casimir Périer , but at the end of three weeks he threw it up . Called upon to make some observations regarding the political labours of ...
... course of the next few years . He was induced first of all to try the post of private secretary to Casimir Périer , but at the end of three weeks he threw it up . Called upon to make some observations regarding the political labours of ...
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Agnosticism argument Arnold Auguste Comte basis betwixt Blackwood's Magazine Caro character Christian Comte Comte's conception consciousness criticism Crown 8vo Democritus Divine doctrine dogma Dr Tyndall Edinburgh essay ethical existence experience external facts Fcap feeling Ferrier force German Gravenhurst Greek Philosophy Hartmann higher History human Hume idea ideal Illustrations intellectual intelligence Kant Kant's Kantian knowledge Königsberg Kritik language Lectures less LL.D logical materialistic matter meaning ment merely metaphysical mind modern moral nature never object perception Pessimism phenomena philosophy physical Positive Positivism Positivist Post 8vo principle privat-docent Professor question reality reason recognise religion religious righteousness says Schopenhauer scientific Scotland Scottish Second Edition sense Sir William Hamilton speculation sphere spiritual supposed Theism theology theory things thinker Thorndale thought tion Translated true truth University University of Edinburgh vols volume whole WILLIAM BLACKWOOD words writings
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Page 303 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Page 158 - But the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is unthinkable. Granted that a definite thought and a definite molecular action in the brain occur simultaneously; we do not possess the intellectual organ, nor apparently any rudiment of the organ, which would enable us to pass, by a process of reasoning, from the one to the other.
Page 295 - Governor of the universe," is to talk what appears to him unverifiable nonsense. But to talk of God as " the stream of tendency by which all things fulfil the law of their being...