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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... necessity , of error . The primitive unity , supposing no distinction , admits of no error ; reflection in discriminating the elements of thought , and in con- sidering one to the exclusion of others , occasions error , and a variety in ...
... necessity , of error . The primitive unity , supposing no distinction , admits of no error ; reflection in discriminating the elements of thought , and in con- sidering one to the exclusion of others , occasions error , and a variety in ...
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... necessity of confirmation . With every feeling of respect for M. Cousin as a man of learning and genius , we must regard the grounds on which he endeavours to establish his doctrine as assumptive , inconsequent , and erroneous . In ...
... necessity of confirmation . With every feeling of respect for M. Cousin as a man of learning and genius , we must regard the grounds on which he endeavours to establish his doctrine as assumptive , inconsequent , and erroneous . In ...
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... necessity of the alternative that constrained Schelling to resort to the hypothesis of a knowledge in identity through the Intellectual Intuition ; and it could only be from an oversight of the main difficulties of the problem , that M ...
... necessity of the alternative that constrained Schelling to resort to the hypothesis of a knowledge in identity through the Intellectual Intuition ; and it could only be from an oversight of the main difficulties of the problem , that M ...
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... necessity - a necessity of self manifestation identical with the crea- tion of the universe , is contradictory of the fundamental postulates of a divine nature . On this theory , God is not distinct from the world ; the creature is a ...
... necessity - a necessity of self manifestation identical with the crea- tion of the universe , is contradictory of the fundamental postulates of a divine nature . On this theory , God is not distinct from the world ; the creature is a ...
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... necessity of creation : Or the Deity is dependent on his manifes- tation in the universe for his being or perfection ; on which alternative , his doctrine is assailed by the difficulties previously stated . - The length to which the ...
... necessity of creation : Or the Deity is dependent on his manifes- tation in the universe for his being or perfection ; on which alternative , his doctrine is assailed by the difficulties previously stated . - The length to which 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.