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... results , upon the accuracy and com- pleteness of the underlying Science of Observation . The inductive method determines the foundations of the science ; the deductive method finds application in the specu- lative department . In the ...
... results , upon the accuracy and com- pleteness of the underlying Science of Observation . The inductive method determines the foundations of the science ; the deductive method finds application in the specu- lative department . In the ...
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... These statements may be summarised thus ( 1. ) Few can use the introspective method ; ( 2. ) those who can are not agreed as to the results thereby secured ; ( 3. ) nobody can use it at all . Comte himself did not INTRODUCTION . 5.
... These statements may be summarised thus ( 1. ) Few can use the introspective method ; ( 2. ) those who can are not agreed as to the results thereby secured ; ( 3. ) nobody can use it at all . Comte himself did not INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... resulting from its affections . For example , the organs of vision and hearing are not known in consciousness , but the sensations and perceptions obtained by means of them are thus known . If then Consciousness be always Self - know ...
... resulting from its affections . For example , the organs of vision and hearing are not known in consciousness , but the sensations and perceptions obtained by means of them are thus known . If then Consciousness be always Self - know ...
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... results of the Physiological and Intellectual sciences , only in so far as its territory borders upon theirs . 17. In view of the sphere of action open to me as a Personality , I recognise my relation to other living beings , some of ...
... results of the Physiological and Intellectual sciences , only in so far as its territory borders upon theirs . 17. In view of the sphere of action open to me as a Personality , I recognise my relation to other living beings , some of ...
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... result . With all these , intelligent self - determination is concerned . A moral action , therefore , includes motive , act , and end . As these may be distinguished from each other , they may differ in moral quality . The motive may ...
... result . With all these , intelligent self - determination is concerned . A moral action , therefore , includes motive , act , and end . As these may be distinguished from each other , they may differ in moral quality . The motive may ...
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Page 129 - the doing good to mankind, in " obedience to the will of God, and for the " sake of everlasting happiness...
Page 19 - GEORGE WILSON, MD, FRSE, Regius Professor of Technology in the University of Edinburgh. By his SISTER. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. "An exquisite and touching portrait of a rare and beautiful spirit.
Page 129 - Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.
Page 129 - By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever, according to the tendency which it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question: or, what is the same thing in other words, to promote or to oppose that happiness.
Page 50 - The original of them all, is that which we call SENSE, for there is no conception in a man's mind, which hath not at first, totally or by parts, been begotten upon the organs of sense.
Page 129 - For there is no such finis ultimus (utmost aim), nor summum bonum (greatest good) , as is spoken of in the books of the old moral philosophers. Nor can a man any more live whose desires are at an end than he whose senses and imaginations are at a stand. Felicity is a continual progress of the desire from one object to another, the attaining of the former being still but the way to the latter.