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... cause in respect to which , if it were completely known , we could tell beforehand , or prior to all experience , what would be its effect . Those who are familiar with the speculations of philosophers upon this subject will tell me ...
... cause in respect to which , if it were completely known , we could tell beforehand , or prior to all experience , what would be its effect . Those who are familiar with the speculations of philosophers upon this subject will tell me ...
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... cause . - How the idea of cause is expanded into the law of causation . -The difference between voluntary and involuntary states of mind , between attention and sensation , for example , is soon recognized . We know that power is ...
... cause . - How the idea of cause is expanded into the law of causation . -The difference between voluntary and involuntary states of mind , between attention and sensation , for example , is soon recognized . We know that power is ...
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Francis Bowen. low that this cause must also have a cause , for it is itself a source of power ; it is mind , or person , which , unlike matter , can act of itself , and therefore does not need a cause . It is an unauthor- ized extension ...
Francis Bowen. low that this cause must also have a cause , for it is itself a source of power ; it is mind , or person , which , unlike matter , can act of itself , and therefore does not need a cause . It is an unauthor- ized extension ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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