 The conditioned is the mean between two extremes— two inconditionates, exclusive of each other, neither of which can be conceived as possible, but of which, on the principles of contradiction and excluded middle, one must be admitted as necessary.  The Scottish Review - Page 361887Full view - About this book
 | John Parry - 1856 - 756 pages
...un, y gall weithredu oll. Nis gallwn feddwl am ddim mur fawr nas gallwn ei ddychj'iiiygu yn rhan o '"The conditioned is the mean between two extremes; two inconditionates exclusive of eiu-h, neither of whk-hcan L-: conceived as possible, but of which, on the principle of Kjntrattirtion... | |
 | Robert Anchor Thompson - Natural theology - 1857 - 136 pages
...William's doctrine and that of these pages, will be farther evident from his account of the antinomy :_ " The Conditioned is the mean between two extremes,...excluded middle, one must be admitted as necessary. On thia opinion, therefore, our faculties are shown to be weak, but not deceitful3." 1 Discussions, p.... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - Philosophy - 1859 - 546 pages
...of philosophy, — in the language of St. Austin, — 'cognoscendo ignorari, et ignorando cognosci.' The conditioned is the mean between two extremes,...inconditionates, exclusive of each other, neither of which ±an be conceived as possible, but of which, on the principles of contradiction and excluded middle,... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - Philosophy - 1860 - 548 pages
...betwecn two extremes, — two inconditionates, exclusive of each other, neither of which .an be conccived as possible, but of which, on the principles of contradiction...admitted as necessary. On this opinion, therefore, reason is shown to be weak, but not deceitful. The mind is not represented as conceiving two propositions... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - Education - 1861 - 816 pages
...of philosophy — in the language of St. Austin— " cognoscendo ignorari^ et ignorando cognosci." The conditioned is the mean between two extremes—...admitted as necessary. On this opinion, therefore, reason is shown to be weak, but not deceitful. The mind is not represented as conceiving two propositions... | |
 | 1861 - 824 pages
...existence, which in itself it is our highest wisdom to recognise as beyond the reach of philosophy. " The conditioned is the mean between two extremes,...be admitted as necessary. On this opinion therefore reason is shown to be weak, but not deceitful. The mind is not represented as conceiving two propositions... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1861 - 716 pages
...incogitable and objectively impossible. Again he assumes the conditioned (that is, the finite) " to be a mean between two extremes — two inconditionates,...excluded middle, one must be admitted as necessary." But in so doing he directly and openly violates the very canon of logic to which he appeals, for as... | |
 | Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - Presbyterianism - 1861 - 790 pages
...philosophy of nescience. The first hint of it is in the article on Cousin (Discussions, p. 22) : " The conditioned is the mean between two extremes —...can be conceived as possible, but of which, on the principle of Contradiction and Excluded Middle,* one must be admitted as necessary" The mind, it is... | |
 | 1861 - 736 pages
...him. We quote his own forcible and clear words. " The Conditioned ia the mean between two extremes, exclusive of each other, neither of which can be conceived as possible, but of which, on the principle of contradiction, one must be admitted as necessary. On this opinion, therefore, reason is... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - First philosophy - 1861 - 626 pages
...philosophy ; — in the language of St. Austin — " eog~ noscendo ignorari, et ignorando cognosci." The Conditioned is the mean between two extremes — two inconditionates, exclusive of each other, ncither of which can be conccived as possible, but of which, on the principles of Contradiction and... | |
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