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... existence , would , if serions , be held beneath argument ; he does not know the mean- ing of his words , or he is false or mad . But if the same man should deny that any thing exists except himself , that is , if he should affirm the ...
... existence , would , if serions , be held beneath argument ; he does not know the mean- ing of his words , or he is false or mad . But if the same man should deny that any thing exists except himself , that is , if he should affirm the ...
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... existence of space . Space is indestructible ; we can conceive of the annihilation of matter , but not of the space which matter now occupies . Im- agine , if you can , the destruction of the room or space which this building now ...
... existence of space . Space is indestructible ; we can conceive of the annihilation of matter , but not of the space which matter now occupies . Im- agine , if you can , the destruction of the room or space which this building now ...
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... existence . " We may borrow again the language of Fichte , as it is the unwilling concession of an opponent : " I have not come into existence by my own power . It would be the highest absurdity to suppose , that before I was at all , I ...
... existence . " We may borrow again the language of Fichte , as it is the unwilling concession of an opponent : " I have not come into existence by my own power . It would be the highest absurdity to suppose , that before I was at all , I ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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