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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... truths those assertions , which , in the set forms of their art , they are unable to dis- prove . His strong good sense breaks away from the tram- mels of system , and cuts the Gordian knot , 2 LOCKE AND THE TRANSCENDENTALISTS .
... truths those assertions , which , in the set forms of their art , they are unable to dis- prove . His strong good sense breaks away from the tram- mels of system , and cuts the Gordian knot , 2 LOCKE AND THE TRANSCENDENTALISTS .
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... sense , and these are alleged to be inconsistent with the character of a deep thinker and sound logician . But what do such charges amount to ? What is common sense , but the high- est philosophy applied to the usual purposes of ...
... sense , and these are alleged to be inconsistent with the character of a deep thinker and sound logician . But what do such charges amount to ? What is common sense , but the high- est philosophy applied to the usual purposes of ...
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... sense , as well as in their common meaning , is , in the first place , partial and in- sufficient ; and , secondly , is open to nearly the same objec tions that apply to the introduction of foreign terms . Take for instance the words ...
... sense , as well as in their common meaning , is , in the first place , partial and in- sufficient ; and , secondly , is open to nearly the same objec tions that apply to the introduction of foreign terms . Take for instance the words ...
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... sense . But we have no wish to discuss a mere question of phi- lology . The graver matter lies behind , and concerns the alleged defects of our language considered as a medium for philosophical discussion . We do not now dispute the con ...
... sense . But we have no wish to discuss a mere question of phi- lology . The graver matter lies behind , and concerns the alleged defects of our language considered as a medium for philosophical discussion . We do not now dispute the con ...
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... so stately and daintily as candle- light . The first creature of God in the works of the days was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath work , ever since , is the LOCKE AND THE TRANSCENDENTALISTS . 21.
... so stately and daintily as candle- light . The first creature of God in the works of the days was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath work , ever since , is the LOCKE AND THE TRANSCENDENTALISTS . 21.
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