Philosophy and Religion: Selections from the Manuscripts of the Late James HintonK. Paul, Trench, 1884 - 331 pages |
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Page ix
... reason why it should not be denied ; indeed , that process was needful to its fuller re- affirmation . He was therefore most tolerant of " deniers , " and held them to be eminently useful ; whilst that any one should rest contented in a ...
... reason why it should not be denied ; indeed , that process was needful to its fuller re- affirmation . He was therefore most tolerant of " deniers , " and held them to be eminently useful ; whilst that any one should rest contented in a ...
Page xii
... reason is the nutrition . The change of basis , in which the tension ceases , is the function . So too in the cases in which a false thought of right enforces a false duty , making a " tension " against the moral reason , which ceases ...
... reason is the nutrition . The change of basis , in which the tension ceases , is the function . So too in the cases in which a false thought of right enforces a false duty , making a " tension " against the moral reason , which ceases ...
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... reason of the necessity for the use of the senses ; without them no basis for any knowledge ; we cannot know causes if we do not know effects . Our internal faculties , reasoning , intuition , etc. , bring us into relation with that ...
... reason of the necessity for the use of the senses ; without them no basis for any knowledge ; we cannot know causes if we do not know effects . Our internal faculties , reasoning , intuition , etc. , bring us into relation with that ...
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... reason . Now the fact which makes the physical necessary ( and has this self - evidence ) is a subjective inertia of humanity . Cause is ever that which makes necessary ; the motion of the earth makes it necessary for us to perceive ...
... reason . Now the fact which makes the physical necessary ( and has this self - evidence ) is a subjective inertia of humanity . Cause is ever that which makes necessary ; the motion of the earth makes it necessary for us to perceive ...
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... reason at all , that it is because the physical exists externally to us . Let us keep to the fact and give our attention to the real question , How do we come to perceive a physical world ? That is the question , and the only question ...
... reason at all , that it is because the physical exists externally to us . Let us keep to the fact and give our attention to the real question , How do we come to perceive a physical world ? That is the question , and the only question ...
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