The Analogy of Thought and NatureWilliams and Norgate, 1863 - Всего страниц: 260 |
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according action of thought analogy angles animal appears arises Aristotle assert atoms attraction belong bodies categorical syllogism cause centre character characteristic combination conceived conception connexion consciousness constitution constructive deduced derived Descartes direction disjunctive syllogism distinct distinguished Divine duced effect elements ethereal existence explain expressed faculty figure finite force heat Hegel Herbert Spencer human ideal judgment implies inconceivable individual induction inductive reasoning infinite instance instinctive intelligible intuition J. S. Mill knowledge law of thought limited logical manifested material means ment minds motion movement namely nature objects observed operation opposite organized ourselves particular perception phases phenomena philosophy planets Plato power of thought predicate present primitive principle produced Professor Challis quantity racter reason relations rests result sense side Sir William Hamilton species spiritual straight line substance supposed syllogism tendency theory thinkers thought of space tion triangle unity universe variety vidual whence
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Стр. 134 - If all thought is limitation ; — if whatever we conceive is, by the very act of conception, regarded as finite, — the infinite, from a human point of view, is merely a name for the absence of those conditions under which thought is possible.
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Стр. 259 - WHY stand we gazing on the sparkling Brine, With wonder smit by its transparency, And all-enraptured with its purity ? — Because the unstained, the clear, the crystalline, Have ever in them something of benign ; Whether in gem, in water, or in sky, A sleeping infant's brow, or wakeful eye Of a young maiden, only not divine.