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... SCIENCE 203 CHAPTER XI . THE FUNDAMENTAL ANTITHESIS OF PHILOSOPHY 226 CHAPTER XII . THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE 242 · CHAPTER XIII . SUBSTANCE AND MEDIUM 246 UNIVERSI CA INTRODUCTION . I WILL first give an account vi CONTENTS .
... SCIENCE 203 CHAPTER XI . THE FUNDAMENTAL ANTITHESIS OF PHILOSOPHY 226 CHAPTER XII . THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE 242 · CHAPTER XIII . SUBSTANCE AND MEDIUM 246 UNIVERSI CA INTRODUCTION . I WILL first give an account vi CONTENTS .
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John Grote. UNIVERSI CA INTRODUCTION . I WILL first give an account of the circumstances of the publication of these ' rough notes ' , and then of the system of philosophy , if so it is to be called , con- tained in them . They represent ...
John Grote. UNIVERSI CA INTRODUCTION . I WILL first give an account of the circumstances of the publication of these ' rough notes ' , and then of the system of philosophy , if so it is to be called , con- tained in them . They represent ...
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... give any very regular form or artistic completeness . This explanation is almost necessary for the understanding of the beginning of them , which is abrupt , and refers , it will be seen , to something as going before , and which I ...
... give any very regular form or artistic completeness . This explanation is almost necessary for the understanding of the beginning of them , which is abrupt , and refers , it will be seen , to something as going before , and which I ...
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John Grote. I have now to give a short account of the na- ture of the philosophy which these ' rough notes ' exhibit or involve . It perhaps may be said , that there are three main heads or kinds of philosophy in England at present ...
John Grote. I have now to give a short account of the na- ture of the philosophy which these ' rough notes ' exhibit or involve . It perhaps may be said , that there are three main heads or kinds of philosophy in England at present ...
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... gives attention ( as I have expressed it ) to what goes on in the universe , which we come to believe upon evidence as we come to believe any ordinary fact , rather than to what is in the uni- verse , which , in whatever way , we come ...
... gives attention ( as I have expressed it ) to what goes on in the universe , which we come to believe upon evidence as we come to believe any ordinary fact , rather than to what is in the uni- verse , which , in whatever way , we come ...
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Page 228 - He knows that there is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature, if it be theory to infer more than we see. But other men unaware of this masquerade, hold it to be a fact that they see cubes and spheres, spacious apartments and winding avenues. And these things are facts to them, because they are unconscious of the mental operation by which they have penetrated nature's disguise.
Page 63 - Because existence is not cognizable, absolutely and in itself, but only in special modes ; 2°, Because these modes can be known only if they stand in a certain relation to our faculties ; and 3°, Because the modes thus relative to our faculties are presented to, and known by, the mind only under modifications determined by these faculties themselves.