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Page vii
... portion of them was written two years since , on the following occasion . After the publication of Mr Mill's small book on Utilitarianism , I had the intention of writing some- thing in answer to him on that subject , and had actu- ally ...
... portion of them was written two years since , on the following occasion . After the publication of Mr Mill's small book on Utilitarianism , I had the intention of writing some- thing in answer to him on that subject , and had actu- ally ...
Page xxxv
... portion of my life , for one single reason , namely , that I learnt from it ( I say from it rather than from him , for I think it was from the concurrence and conflict of our minds , which were very different ) a something not easy to ...
... portion of my life , for one single reason , namely , that I learnt from it ( I say from it rather than from him , for I think it was from the concurrence and conflict of our minds , which were very different ) a something not easy to ...
Page xxxix
... portion of their real selves : when they think this , they will be to a certain extent good philo- sophers already , for they will value what they think , be interested in it , and take pains about it : there are some perhaps , good but ...
... portion of their real selves : when they think this , they will be to a certain extent good philo- sophers already , for they will value what they think , be interested in it , and take pains about it : there are some perhaps , good but ...
Page xli
... portion of it , what I think myself , and shows in the second what it is that I want to under- stand and what I desiderate . " When we come to communicate with other beings , and " ascertain by the signs of communication that they pass ...
... portion of it , what I think myself , and shows in the second what it is that I want to under- stand and what I desiderate . " When we come to communicate with other beings , and " ascertain by the signs of communication that they pass ...
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... portions of matter which we know and one particular portion of matter which we call our body , which particular portion is constituted or organized in such a manner that according to the nature of the communication there shall accompany ...
... portions of matter which we know and one particular portion of matter which we call our body , which particular portion is constituted or organized in such a manner that according to the nature of the communication there shall accompany ...
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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.