A Handbook of the History of PhilosophyG. Bell and sons, 1886 - 419 pages |
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... external elements , its form and matter . " Auguste Comte , philosophy consists in the methodical filiation of the special sciences , according to a unifying conception ; for Herbert Spencer , it is similarly the " unification of ...
... external elements , its form and matter . " Auguste Comte , philosophy consists in the methodical filiation of the special sciences , according to a unifying conception ; for Herbert Spencer , it is similarly the " unification of ...
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... external observation ( to use the current phrase ) , there is no reason for regarding their treatment in any other light than as constituting one of the special sciences . To this it is replied , that psychological investigation has a ...
... external observation ( to use the current phrase ) , there is no reason for regarding their treatment in any other light than as constituting one of the special sciences . To this it is replied , that psychological investigation has a ...
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... external perception ( as existent ) , being the all , the only thing standing in need of explanation . Accordingly , the problem was to find the ultimate form of that object , a particular form from which all other forms were deriva ...
... external perception ( as existent ) , being the all , the only thing standing in need of explanation . Accordingly , the problem was to find the ultimate form of that object , a particular form from which all other forms were deriva ...
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... external bodies , and their impinge- ment upon the organs of sense , every element in bodies being perceived by us through a corresponding element in ourselves . ANAXAGORAS . Anaxagoras , who was born at Klazomence about B.C. 500 , of a ...
... external bodies , and their impinge- ment upon the organs of sense , every element in bodies being perceived by us through a corresponding element in ourselves . ANAXAGORAS . Anaxagoras , who was born at Klazomence about B.C. 500 , of a ...
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... external circumstances of the case are sufficient to account for the action of the Athenians , there is , we believe , a deeper significance in the attitude of all that was conservative in the Athenian state towards Sokrates . It was ...
... external circumstances of the case are sufficient to account for the action of the Athenians , there is , we believe , a deeper significance in the attitude of all that was conservative in the Athenian state towards Sokrates . It was ...
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Page 199 - When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number'} No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.