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... intellectual acquisition to his elder colleague . But it is equally true that an enthusiasm like Saint - Simon's could hardly fail to communicate itself to a young and ardent spirit , and to give a general direction , if not a special ...
... intellectual acquisition to his elder colleague . But it is equally true that an enthusiasm like Saint - Simon's could hardly fail to communicate itself to a young and ardent spirit , and to give a general direction , if not a special ...
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... intellectual existence which he led during these years . He allowed no diversions to interfere with his great work ; its inspiring generalisations wholly possessed him ; and although unhappy at home , and in a state of chronic quarrel ...
... intellectual existence which he led during these years . He allowed no diversions to interfere with his great work ; its inspiring generalisations wholly possessed him ; and although unhappy at home , and in a state of chronic quarrel ...
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... intellectual , and material . Consequently they exclude , once for all , from political supremacy , all the different servants of God- Catholic , Protestant , or Deist - as being at once behind- hand and a cause of disturbance . " Such ...
... intellectual , and material . Consequently they exclude , once for all , from political supremacy , all the different servants of God- Catholic , Protestant , or Deist - as being at once behind- hand and a cause of disturbance . " Such ...
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... intellectual basis in relation to other systems , and the circle of human knowledge . These two points of view , as we have already in- dicated , mark a schism , or something approaching to a schism , among M. Comte's disciples . Many ...
... intellectual basis in relation to other systems , and the circle of human knowledge . These two points of view , as we have already in- dicated , mark a schism , or something approaching to a schism , among M. Comte's disciples . Many ...
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... intellectual basis . It is impossible otherwise to understand it , or the extra- ordinary influence which it has exercised and is ex- ercising . We recognise the unity of Comte's polity and philosophy , and in conclusion shall advert ...
... intellectual basis . It is impossible otherwise to understand it , or the extra- ordinary influence which it has exercised and is ex- ercising . We recognise the unity of Comte's polity and philosophy , and in conclusion shall advert ...
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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...