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Page xxi
... possible refer- ence to his later book upon the Emotions and the Will . First then , why do I notice any books at all ? The disposition to comment is one with which , ex- cept in certain particular cases , I do not sympathize at all ...
... possible refer- ence to his later book upon the Emotions and the Will . First then , why do I notice any books at all ? The disposition to comment is one with which , ex- cept in certain particular cases , I do not sympathize at all ...
Page xxx
... possible that what Mr Mill says of the philosophy of the latter may not refer to it , and may concern some other subject , as , for instance , the Philo- sophy of the Unconditioned . With Dr Whewell , my predecessor in the chair which ...
... possible that what Mr Mill says of the philosophy of the latter may not refer to it , and may concern some other subject , as , for instance , the Philo- sophy of the Unconditioned . With Dr Whewell , my predecessor in the chair which ...
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... possible that some things which I say may suggest thought in others , and what I see but indistinctly may be seen by them more clearly , and put in a better and truer light . For the best thing that I can hope , and the thing which I ...
... possible that some things which I say may suggest thought in others , and what I see but indistinctly may be seen by them more clearly , and put in a better and truer light . For the best thing that I can hope , and the thing which I ...
Page xxxix
John Grote. quence as how thought changes . We want and ought if possible to use our minds in thought all along : for each stage in the change of thought has its own special value and it is as we think at each time , according to what I ...
John Grote. quence as how thought changes . We want and ought if possible to use our minds in thought all along : for each stage in the change of thought has its own special value and it is as we think at each time , according to what I ...
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... possible interest or concern with anything more . " The assertion that light and the sun have a permanent and " independent existence has , for its basis and for its import , that “ I , and all other beings with whom I have had any ...
... possible interest or concern with anything more . " The assertion that light and the sun have a permanent and " independent existence has , for its basis and for its import , that “ I , and all other beings with whom I have had any ...
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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.