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... term final cause , again , has been applied to a subject entirely different ; namely , to the appearances of unity of design in the phenom- ena of nature , and the manner in which means are adapted to particular ends . The subject is ...
... term final cause , again , has been applied to a subject entirely different ; namely , to the appearances of unity of design in the phenom- ena of nature , and the manner in which means are adapted to particular ends . The subject is ...
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... commencement of this essay . On the principles which have been referred to , the following considera- tions may be submitted as bearing upon this subject . The term Matter is a name which we apply to 36 EXTENT OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF MIND .
... commencement of this essay . On the principles which have been referred to , the following considera- tions may be submitted as bearing upon this subject . The term Matter is a name which we apply to 36 EXTENT OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF MIND .
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John Abercrombie. The term Matter is a name which we apply to a certain combination of properties , or to certain sub- stances which are solid , extended , and divisible , and which are known to us only by these properties . The term ...
John Abercrombie. The term Matter is a name which we apply to a certain combination of properties , or to certain sub- stances which are solid , extended , and divisible , and which are known to us only by these properties . The term ...
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... terms borrowed from anal- ogies with material things . Hence the unsatisfac- tory nature of every physiological or metaphysical argument respecting the essence of mind , arising entirely from the attempt to reason the subject in a ...
... terms borrowed from anal- ogies with material things . Hence the unsatisfac- tory nature of every physiological or metaphysical argument respecting the essence of mind , arising entirely from the attempt to reason the subject in a ...
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... term decay is itself only another name for continued existence . To conceive , then , that any thing mental ceases to exist after death , when we know that every thing corporeal continues to exist , is a gratuitous assump- tion ...
... term decay is itself only another name for continued existence . To conceive , then , that any thing mental ceases to exist after death , when we know that every thing corporeal continues to exist , is a gratuitous assump- tion ...
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Página 346 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Página 106 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins...
Página 144 - ... conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood whenever she is offended with the bitterness of truth. By degrees the reign of fancy is confirmed; she grows first imperious, and in time despotic. Then fictions begin to operate as realities, false opinions fasten upon the mind, and life passes in dreams of rapture or of anguish.
Página 224 - ... across the country to Inveresk, instead of going straight to Edinburgh. When he came there he waited on the gentleman mentioned in the dream, a very old man ; without saying anything of the vision, he inquired whether he remembered having conducted such a matter for his deceased father. The old gentleman could not at first bring the circumstance to his recollection, but on mention of the Portugal piece of gold, the whole returned upon his memory ; he made an immediate search for the papers, and...
Página 143 - To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the sport of those who delight too much in silent speculation.
Página 90 - When he was on one occasion congratulated by a friend on his remarkable power in this respect, he replied that, instead of an advantage, it was often a source of great inconvenience. This he explained by saying that when he wished to recollect a particular point in anything which he had read, he could do it only by repeating to himself the whole from the commencement till he reached the point which he wished to recall.
Página 284 - I speak saw right before him, and in a standing posture, the exact representation of his departed friend, whose recollection had been so strongly brought to his imagination. He stopped for a single moment, so as to notice the wonderful accuracy with which fancy had impressed upon the bodily eye the peculiarities of dress and posture of the illustrious poet.
Página 49 - ... says Jack, of no colour at all. My Lady Lizard herself, though she was not a little pleased with her son's improvements, was one day almost angry with him ; for having accidentally burnt her fingers as she was lighting the lamp for her tea-pot...