Critical Essays: On a Few Subjects Connected with the History and Present Condition of Speculative PhilosophyJames Munroe & Company, 1845 - 352 |
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Strona iv
... speculations , when confined to the proper objects of philosophical inquiry , do not attract much notice ; but they acquire importance , and excite the attention of all reflecting persons , when they are made to bear on the vital ...
... speculations , when confined to the proper objects of philosophical inquiry , do not attract much notice ; but they acquire importance , and excite the attention of all reflecting persons , when they are made to bear on the vital ...
Strona vi
... speculations is fostered by the democratic character of our institutions . We are eminently a theorizing people . No traditional opinions , no hereditary prejudices of classes and fam- ilies can here exist , to fetter the wide range of ...
... speculations is fostered by the democratic character of our institutions . We are eminently a theorizing people . No traditional opinions , no hereditary prejudices of classes and fam- ilies can here exist , to fetter the wide range of ...
Strona ix
... speculation . And this tendency is in- creased by the intimate connexion between some speculative systems and those political topics and in- terests , which occupy the attention of the multitude . Philosophy , like religion , considers ...
... speculation . And this tendency is in- creased by the intimate connexion between some speculative systems and those political topics and in- terests , which occupy the attention of the multitude . Philosophy , like religion , considers ...
Strona x
... speculations , even when their time is occupied in manual labor , or in very practical pur- suits , was fully proved by the philosophers , whose writings prepared the way for the first French revo- lution . The effect was more startling ...
... speculations , even when their time is occupied in manual labor , or in very practical pur- suits , was fully proved by the philosophers , whose writings prepared the way for the first French revo- lution . The effect was more startling ...
Strona xi
... speculations must be attributed to their real ignorance of human nature , and not to their ill inten- tions . By inflaming the minds of the people with their brilliant theories and kindling eloquence , they wielded a power of the ...
... speculations must be attributed to their real ignorance of human nature , and not to their ill inten- tions . By inflaming the minds of the people with their brilliant theories and kindling eloquence , they wielded a power of the ...
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