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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... 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 principles of moral and religious truth . It ...
... 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 principles of moral and religious truth . It ...
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... object of study among a people , who are so familiar with abstract reasoning and broad generalizations . General prin- ciples in politics do not differ so widely from the axioms of the metaphysician , that the transition from the one ...
... object of study among a people , who are so familiar with abstract reasoning and broad generalizations . General prin- ciples in politics do not differ so widely from the axioms of the metaphysician , that the transition from the one ...
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... object was to consider each of them as a whole , and in its probable operation on the course of thought in this country . Partial and fragmentary views of their doctrines are common enough ; but there are great obstacles in the way of ...
... object was to consider each of them as a whole , and in its probable operation on the course of thought in this country . Partial and fragmentary views of their doctrines are common enough ; but there are great obstacles in the way of ...
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... object as important as even the discovery of new truths , though it is not so palpable , nor in its nature so capable of being estimated by superficial observers . In the mental and moral world , which scarcely admits of any thing which ...
... object as important as even the discovery of new truths , though it is not so palpable , nor in its nature so capable of being estimated by superficial observers . In the mental and moral world , which scarcely admits of any thing which ...
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... objects , they tend to check its arrogant and hopeless endeavors ; they inspire the liberal and catholic feeling , which would make philosophy the property of the multitude , rather than the exclusive heritage of a few . If it argues a ...
... objects , they tend to check its arrogant and hopeless endeavors ; they inspire the liberal and catholic feeling , which would make philosophy the property of the multitude , rather than the exclusive heritage of a few . If it argues a ...
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