The true incomprehensibility perhaps is, that something which has ceased, or is not yet in existence, can still be, in a manner, present ; that a series of feelings, the infinitely greater part of which is past or future, can be gathered up, as it were,... Recent British Philosophy: A Review, with Criticisms; Including Some ... - Sida 339efter David Masson - 1865 - 414 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| 1866 - 830 sidor
...future, can be gathered up, as it were, into a single present conception, accompanied by a bdlief in reality. I think by far the wisest thing we can do...in terms which assume a theory, to use them with a reservation as to their meaning." —P. 213. Which last expedient would certainly relieve the writer... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 578 sidor
...infinitely greater part of which is past or future, can be gathered up, as it were, into a single present conception, accompanied by a belief of reality. I...in terms which assume a theory, to use them with a reservation as to their meaning. Vx^/ I have stated the difficulties attending the attempt to frame... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 342 sidor
...infinitely greater part of which is past or future, can be gathered up, as it were, into a single present conception, accompanied by a belief of reality. I...in terms which assume a theory, to use them with a reservation as to their meaning. I have stated the difficulties attending the attempt to frame a theory... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 332 sidor
...infinitely greater part of which is past or future, can be gathered up, as it were, into a single present conception, accompanied by a belief of reality. I...in terms which assume a theory, to use them with a reservation as to their meaning. I have stated the difficulties attending the attempt to frame a theory... | |
| David Masson - 1866 - 334 sidor
...infinitely greater part of which is past or future, can be gathered up, as it were, into a single present conception, accompanied by a belief of reality. I...in terms which assume a theory, to use them with a reservation as to their meaning." * This, I venture to say, is the most memorable passage, in its philosophical... | |
| 1866 - 854 sidor
...future, can be gathered up, as it were, into a single present conception, accompanied by a belief in reality. I think by far the wisest thing we can do...speak of it in terms which assume a theory, to use ths.m with a reservation, as to their meanгяд.''—F. 213. Which last expedient would certainly... | |
| 1866 - 826 sidor
...up, as it were, into a single present conception, accompanied by a belief in reality. I think by fur the wisest thing we can do is to accept the inexplicable...in terms which assume a theory, to use them with a reservation as to their meaninff."—¥. 218. Which last expedient would certainly relieve the writer... | |
| Lucy F March Phillipps - 1866 - 106 sidor
...future, can be gathered up as it were into a single present conception, accompanied by a belief in reality. I think by far the wisest thing we can do...inexplicable fact, without any theory of how it takes place." t There is no ultimate inexplicable fact here for us to accept. The fact to which we are here face... | |
| 1866 - 650 sidor
...inexplicability, at which, as Sir W. Hamilton observed, we inevitably arrive when we reach ultimate facts I think, by far the wisest thing we can do, is to...inexplicable fact, without any theory of how it takes place." * Tliis is granting all we demand. It concedes the truth of the Hainiltonian philosophy on this point,... | |
| 1866 - 648 sidor
...inexplicability, at which, as Sir W. Hamilton observed, we inevitably arrive when we reach ultimate facts I think, by far the wisest thing we can do, is to...inexplicable fact, without any theory of how it takes place." t This is granting all we demand. It concedes the truth of the Hamiltonian philosophy on this point,... | |
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