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... ( except when the mind itself is the very object to be observed ) , or mere discussions in words , will make a fact known to us . ” — Logic , p . 268 . - that is , of abstrac- applicable to them . 4 PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL SCIENCE .
... ( except when the mind itself is the very object to be observed ) , or mere discussions in words , will make a fact known to us . ” — Logic , p . 268 . - that is , of abstrac- applicable to them . 4 PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL SCIENCE .
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... known to us by intuition or re- flection ; and reasoning about them proceeds by the demonstra- tive method , the conclusions at which we arrive being absolutely certain . According to the absolute laws of the human under- standing , I ...
... known to us by intuition or re- flection ; and reasoning about them proceeds by the demonstra- tive method , the conclusions at which we arrive being absolutely certain . According to the absolute laws of the human under- standing , I ...
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... known ; we never can be sure that our analysis of them is complete , or that our observation has taken in all their outward qualities . The attractive power of the loadstone was known for ages before its attribute of polarity was ...
... known ; we never can be sure that our analysis of them is complete , or that our observation has taken in all their outward qualities . The attractive power of the loadstone was known for ages before its attribute of polarity was ...
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... known , that from the philosophy of the Greeks , with its numerous derivative schools , hardly one experimental discovery can be collected which has any tendency to aid or ameliorate the condition of man , or which is entitled to rank ...
... known , that from the philosophy of the Greeks , with its numerous derivative schools , hardly one experimental discovery can be collected which has any tendency to aid or ameliorate the condition of man , or which is entitled to rank ...
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... known by intuition . Pure mathematics never lead to a discovery of matters of fact . -The case is precisely similar with mathematics , in which we employ a notation of the same sort . In its pure form , this science proceeds from ...
... known by intuition . Pure mathematics never lead to a discovery of matters of fact . -The case is precisely similar with mathematics , in which we employ a notation of the same sort . In its pure form , this science proceeds from ...
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Page 49 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 425 - When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by ? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall ? But still this world (so fitted for the knave) Contents us not.
Page 42 - Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the non-existence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it —
Page 483 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth : they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation...
Page 167 - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Page 426 - What nothing earthly gives or can destroy, The soul's calm sun-shine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize; a better would you fix? Then give humility a coach and six, Justice a conqueror's sword, or truth a gown, Or public spirit, its great cure, a crown.
Page 72 - In short, there are two principles which I cannot render consistent, nor is it in my power to renounce either of them, viz. that all our distinct perceptions are distinct existences, and that the mind never perceives any real connexion among distinct existences.
Page 239 - I say, that, if one train of thinking be more desirable than another, it is that which regards the phenomena of nature with a constant reference to a supreme intelligent Author. To have made this the ruling, the habitual sentiment of our minds, is to have laid the foundation of every thing which is religious. The world thenceforth becomes a temple, and life itself one continued act of adoration.