Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform: Chiefly from the Edinburgh Review; Cor., Vindicated, Enl., in Notes and Appendices |
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... necessary , until toward the middle of the volume . Indeed , throughout , it has been but negligently observed , even in regard to entire notes ; while , in the case of interpolations and corrections , it has never been even thought of ...
... necessary , until toward the middle of the volume . Indeed , throughout , it has been but negligently observed , even in regard to entire notes ; while , in the case of interpolations and corrections , it has never been even thought of ...
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... necessary to gratify , by their earlier summaries , the impatient curiosity of the public ; and the lectures themselves , taken in short - hand , and corrected by the Professor , propagated weekly the influence of his instruction to the ...
... necessary to gratify , by their earlier summaries , the impatient curiosity of the public ; and the lectures themselves , taken in short - hand , and corrected by the Professor , propagated weekly the influence of his instruction to the ...
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... as primitive , universal , necessary , are not to be explained as generalisations from the contingent and individual , about which alone all experience is conversant . The phænomena of PHILOSOPHY IN FRANCE ; AND IN SCOTLAND . 3.
... as primitive , universal , necessary , are not to be explained as generalisations from the contingent and individual , about which alone all experience is conversant . The phænomena of PHILOSOPHY IN FRANCE ; AND IN SCOTLAND . 3.
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... necessary and universal , is not the creature of my voli- tion ; and reason , which , as the subject of truth , is also universal and necessary , is consequently impersonal . We see , therefore , -th by a light which is not ours , and ...
... necessary and universal , is not the creature of my voli- tion ; and reason , which , as the subject of truth , is also universal and necessary , is consequently impersonal . We see , therefore , -th by a light which is not ours , and ...
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... necessary to premise a statement of the opinions which may be entertained regarding the Unconditioned , ( Absolute and Infinite ) , as an immediate object of knowledge and of thought . These opinions may be reduced to four.- , The ...
... necessary to premise a statement of the opinions which may be entertained regarding the Unconditioned , ( Absolute and Infinite ) , as an immediate object of knowledge and of thought . These opinions may be reduced to four.- , The ...
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Page 308 - ... with their correlatives freedom of choice and responsibility — man being all this, it is at once obvious that the principal part of his being is his mental power. In Nature there is nothing great but Man, In Man there is nothing great but Mind.
Page 14 - As the conditionally limited (which we may briefly call the conditioned) is thus the only possible object of knowledge and of positive thought — thought necessarily supposes conditions. To think is to condition ; and conditional limitation is the fundamental law of the possibility of thought.