Critical Essays on a Few Subjects Connected with the History and Present Condition of Speculative PhilosophyH.B. Williams, 1842 - 352 This book contains a collection of critical essays on a few subjects connected with the history and present condition of speculative philosophy, including an essay on the transcendentalist movement in America. |
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... immediate influence of speculation upon conduct . The defence of metaphysical pursuits consists chiefly in the advantages to be expected from them in disciplining and developing the mental and moral faculties . We may not reasonably ...
... immediate influence of speculation upon conduct . The defence of metaphysical pursuits consists chiefly in the advantages to be expected from them in disciplining and developing the mental and moral faculties . We may not reasonably ...
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... immediate rejection . Of two hypotheses , the more ennobling is not necessarily the true one , and too great ad- vantage is given to the skeptic , by a hasty preference awarded to it , before the grounds on which it rests are sat ...
... immediate rejection . Of two hypotheses , the more ennobling is not necessarily the true one , and too great ad- vantage is given to the skeptic , by a hasty preference awarded to it , before the grounds on which it rests are sat ...
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... the understanding immediately follows . Is there not an element in it , which is purely in- tellectual , and as such , not caused by the action on the nerves , though this action may mark the occasion , 50 KANT AND HIS PHILOSOPHY .
... the understanding immediately follows . Is there not an element in it , which is purely in- tellectual , and as such , not caused by the action on the nerves , though this action may mark the occasion , 50 KANT AND HIS PHILOSOPHY .
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... immediately connect them by the sup- posed relation of cause and effect . The hand is held near the fire , and the sensation of pain follows . Heat is ab- stracted from water , and the fluid immediately congeals . Certain solid ...
... immediately connect them by the sup- posed relation of cause and effect . The hand is held near the fire , and the sensation of pain follows . Heat is ab- stracted from water , and the fluid immediately congeals . Certain solid ...
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... immediately connect with them the idea of power , or efficient agency . Whence comes this idea ? Certainly not from sensation . We do not perceive the power of fire to melt lead or consume paper , just as we perceive its light and the ...
... immediately connect with them the idea of power , or efficient agency . Whence comes this idea ? Certainly not from sensation . We do not perceive the power of fire to melt lead or consume paper , just as we perceive its light and the ...
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