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... important , may throw in the way of it . But in the meantime , I have thought it might be as well to return upon the intellectual views with which the moral view connects itself , and to re - examine them and test them . The result is ...
... important , may throw in the way of it . But in the meantime , I have thought it might be as well to return upon the intellectual views with which the moral view connects itself , and to re - examine them and test them . The result is ...
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John Grote. have named the first is in my view the most important , as that on which all the rest depend , and in which they all find their application . It is what all begins with for us , for all that we call existence is for us a ...
John Grote. have named the first is in my view the most important , as that on which all the rest depend , and in which they all find their application . It is what all begins with for us , for all that we call existence is for us a ...
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... choice and aspiringness . In respect of the great and important science of the philosophy of history , as we call it , it seems to me that the prospect is b bad for the very reason which makes some think it INTRODUCTION . xvii.
... choice and aspiringness . In respect of the great and important science of the philosophy of history , as we call it , it seems to me that the prospect is b bad for the very reason which makes some think it INTRODUCTION . xvii.
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... important thing in intellectual philosophy is to be sure that we are saying something . As soon as a philosopher has in any way made an impression , he will very likely have some , it may be many , to admire and adopt what he says : but ...
... important thing in intellectual philosophy is to be sure that we are saying something . As soon as a philosopher has in any way made an impression , he will very likely have some , it may be many , to admire and adopt what he says : but ...
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... importance - and if so , how can it be said the truth about them is valued ? One seems to find , that things are talked and written about with sincerity no doubt , but with little appearance of what I will call mental conscientiousness ...
... importance - and if so , how can it be said the truth about them is valued ? One seems to find , that things are talked and written about with sincerity no doubt , but with little appearance of what I will call mental conscientiousness ...
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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.