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... independently each takes its own way , the better is it likely to be not only for itself , but also for the other . I am myself very much of opinion that the old vein of the Philosophy of the Human Mind , or INTRODUCTION . ix.
... independently each takes its own way , the better is it likely to be not only for itself , but also for the other . I am myself very much of opinion that the old vein of the Philosophy of the Human Mind , or INTRODUCTION . ix.
Page xxxviii
... independently , or refuse to notice each other . As a man thinketh in his heart , so is he : and to the thought ' which thus makes the man , I am disposed to give a wide application . It is of course sadly familiar to us how many ...
... independently , or refuse to notice each other . As a man thinketh in his heart , so is he : and to the thought ' which thus makes the man , I am disposed to give a wide application . It is of course sadly familiar to us how many ...
Page xlii
... independent existence has , for its basis and for its import , that “ I , and all other beings with whom I have had any communi- ' cation , have had a certain optical feeling in conjunction with " certain activities of which we have ...
... independent existence has , for its basis and for its import , that “ I , and all other beings with whom I have had any communi- ' cation , have had a certain optical feeling in conjunction with " certain activities of which we have ...
Page xliii
... independent fact , with or without any eyes to 66 " 6 66 66 see it . But if we consider the case fairly , we shall see that " this assertion errs not simply in being beyond any evidence " that we can have , but also in being a self ...
... independent fact , with or without any eyes to 66 " 6 66 66 see it . But if we consider the case fairly , we shall see that " this assertion errs not simply in being beyond any evidence " that we can have , but also in being a self ...
Page xliv
... independent reality " . ( Could we have done otherwise ? ) And in the same way , that the general experience which we construct from particular experiences is " a most anomalous fic- tion " . This is the language it is to be observed of ...
... independent reality " . ( Could we have done otherwise ? ) And in the same way , that the general experience which we construct from particular experiences is " a most anomalous fic- tion " . This is the language it is to be observed of ...
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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.