Dualism and Monism, and Other Essays |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page 27
... substance . If there be no thing in itself , I need not seek to avoid an asserting judgment about it . If the hypothesis of substance be gratuitous , we need not interdict speaking about it , nor proclaim it inaccessible . We need not ...
... substance . If there be no thing in itself , I need not seek to avoid an asserting judgment about it . If the hypothesis of substance be gratuitous , we need not interdict speaking about it , nor proclaim it inaccessible . We need not ...
Page 28
... substance is the enfranchisement of the pheno- The remedy for scepticism ought to be sought in phenomenalism.2 menon . It might here be very readily suggested that as , according to M. Dauriac , there are true and false sensations ...
... substance is the enfranchisement of the pheno- The remedy for scepticism ought to be sought in phenomenalism.2 menon . It might here be very readily suggested that as , according to M. Dauriac , there are true and false sensations ...
Page 29
... substance . We say " there are only phenomena , " but not that " pheno- mena exist the one apart from the other " in isolation . To the statement that the being of the soul is consciousness , exception might be taken on the ground alike ...
... substance . We say " there are only phenomena , " but not that " pheno- mena exist the one apart from the other " in isolation . To the statement that the being of the soul is consciousness , exception might be taken on the ground alike ...
Page 46
... substance called soul or spirit , only a con- sciousness - object , extension , matter — and hence , unless both conscious subject and matter or ex- tension be supposed , there can be no continuity of the latter , of either , or of both ...
... substance called soul or spirit , only a con- sciousness - object , extension , matter — and hence , unless both conscious subject and matter or ex- tension be supposed , there can be no continuity of the latter , of either , or of both ...
Page 57
... substance is a gratuitous hypothesis , the thesis of the unity of substance has no longer to be discussed , and there is no longer ground for doubting of the plurality of beings : the extensive proves the external , for it is hereafter ...
... substance is a gratuitous hypothesis , the thesis of the unity of substance has no longer to be discussed , and there is no longer ground for doubting of the plurality of beings : the extensive proves the external , for it is hereafter ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
absolute abstract actual Author Blackwood and Sons Cheap Edition Cheaper Church Church of Scotland cloth coexistence common-sense conceived conception conscious subject consciousness and extension Crown 8vo Croyance et Réalité Dauriac Demy 8vo Descartes distinct dualism Edinburgh Edward Bruce Hamley Engravings Essays essential existence experience external fact Fcap Fifth Edition finite formula Glasgow Hamilton Hegel history of philosophy human idea ideal implies individual infinite intuition J. G. Lockhart knowledge Leibniz List of Books LL.D logical Maps Memoir Metaphysics mind monads Monism moral nature never numerous Illustrations object OLIPHANT perceived perception percipient phenomenal phenomenon Poems Portrait Post 8vo principle Professor realised reality relation sciousness Scotland Scottish Second Edition sensations sense soul sphere spirit substance supposed Theism theory things Third Edition thought tion transcendent truth University University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow Veitch vols wholly William Blackwood Wordsworth
Popular passages
Page 183 - Of unknown modes of being ; o'er my thoughts There hung a darkness, call it solitude Or blank desertion. No familiar shapes Remained, no pleasant images of trees, Of sea or sky, no colours of green fields ; But huge and mighty forms, that do not live Like living men, moved slowly through the mind By day, and were a trouble to my dreams.
Page xxxviii - As if a voice were in them, the sick sight And giddy prospect of the raving stream, The unfettered clouds and region of the Heavens, Tumult and peace, the darkness and the light— Were all like workings of one mind, the features Of the same face, blossoms upon one tree ; Characters of the great Apocalypse, The types and symbols of Eternity, Of first, and last, and midst, and without end.
Page 220 - Is lightened ; that serene and blessed mood In which the affections gently lead us on, Until the breath of this corporeal frame, And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul : While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.
Page 22 - A Manual of Palaeontology, for the Use of Students. With a General Introduction on the Principles of Palaeontology.
Page 213 - Prophets of Nature, we to them will speak A lasting inspiration, sanctified By reason, blest by faith : what we have loved, Others will love, and we will teach them how...
Page 9 - CHURCH SERVICE SOCIETY. A Book of Common Order : being Forms of Worship issued by the Church Service Society.
Page 8 - BUTE. The Roman Breviary : Reformed by Order of the Holy (Ecumenical Council of Trent ; Published by Order of Pope St Pius V. ; and Revised by Clement VIII. and Urban VIII. ; together with the Offices since granted. Translated out of Latin into English by JOHN, Marquess of Bute, KT In 2 vols. crown 8vo, cloth boards, edges uncut.
Page 22 - NICHOLSON. A Manual of Zoology, for the Use of Students. With a General Introduction on the Principles of Zoology. By HENRY ALLEYNE NICHOLSON, MD, D.Sc., FLS, FGS, Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen.
Page 221 - Enough, if something from our hands have power To live, and act, and serve the future hour; And if, as toward the silent tomb we go, Through love, through hope, and faith's transcendent dower, We feel that we are greater than we know.
Page 14 - HAMILTON. Lectures on Metaphysics. By Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, Bart., Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. Edited by the Rev. HL MANSEL, BD, LL.D., Dean of St Paul's; and JOHN VEITCH, MA, LL.D., Professor of Logic and Rhetoric, Glasgow.