The History of Materialism and Criticism of Its Present Importance, Volume 1K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1892 - Materialism |
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... actual , and the fancy of a complete and all - comprehensive system of knowledge . That all these acquisitions of the Athenian school are , even to our own time , continually operative , especially in Germany , admits of no doubt ; and ...
... actual , and the fancy of a complete and all - comprehensive system of knowledge . That all these acquisitions of the Athenian school are , even to our own time , continually operative , especially in Germany , admits of no doubt ; and ...
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... actual establishing of a definition . When we reach the point where something more should be given us , we find either a mere attempt or the everlasting Sokratic ignorance . He is apparently content with the negation of negation , and ...
... actual establishing of a definition . When we reach the point where something more should be given us , we find either a mere attempt or the everlasting Sokratic ignorance . He is apparently content with the negation of negation , and ...
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... actual uni- verse to the Notion . However great or however small may have been his independent work in the special sciences , the most important element of his whole activity will still be the collection of the matter of all existing ...
... actual uni- verse to the Notion . However great or however small may have been his independent work in the special sciences , the most important element of his whole activity will still be the collection of the matter of all existing ...
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... actual moving cause ; so the world , as a whole , demands an absolutely first mover to give form to the natu- rally passive matter which constitutes it ” ( loc . cit . 162 ) . offends us by an irreconcilable contradiction . Aristotle ...
... actual moving cause ; so the world , as a whole , demands an absolutely first mover to give form to the natu- rally passive matter which constitutes it ” ( loc . cit . 162 ) . offends us by an irreconcilable contradiction . Aristotle ...
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... actual establish- ment of a theory of the universe which forms a united and self - included whole . If , therefore , it is my duty to lessen the reputation of Aristotle as an investigator , yet , neverthe- less , the manner in which he ...
... actual establish- ment of a theory of the universe which forms a united and self - included whole . If , therefore , it is my duty to lessen the reputation of Aristotle as an investigator , yet , neverthe- less , the manner in which he ...
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absolute actual already amongst Anaxagoras ancient antiquity appears Aristotelian Aristotle atheism atoms attained Aufl Averroes Bacon body Boyle causes century Christian Cogito ergo sum Comp conceived conception connection Copernicus course Demokritos Descartes Diogenes of Apollonia doctrine earth elements empiricism Epikurean Epikuros especially ethical existence explained expression external fact foll force Gassendi Gesch gods Greek Hist history of Materialism Hobbes human idea important individual influence inquiry intellectual knowledge Kuno Fischer later Leibniz logical Lucretius Materialistic mathematical matter means ment merely modern moral motion movement natural science Newton object observation origin particles phenomena Phil philo philosophy physical Plato political possible Post 8vo potentiality principle Protagoras purely reason regarded relation religion religious result Scholastic Scholasticism scientific sensation sense Sokrates Sophists soul speculation sphere spirit standpoint Stoics substance suppose teleology tendency thalers theory things thought tion tradition true truth Ueberweg universal whole Zeller
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Page 131 - Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, Atque metus omnes, et inexorabile fatum Subjecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari.
Page 186 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain; who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind; who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire. Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
Page 284 - Fear of power invisible, feigned by the mind, or imagined from tales publicly allowed, religion; not allowed, superstition.
Page 186 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Page 186 - The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; 17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
Page 147 - ... .Now no more shall thy house admit thee with glad welcome, nor a most virtuous wife and sweet children run to be the first to snatch kisses and touch thy heart with a silent joy. No more mayst thou be prosperous in thy doings, a safeguard to thine own. One disastrous day has taken from thee luckless man in luckless wise all the many prizes of life'.
Page 249 - ... connaître que toutes les raisons dont je me servais n'ont point de force; et quoique je pensasse qu'elles fussent appuyées sur des démonstrations très certaines et très évidentes, je ne voudrais toutefois pour rien du monde les soutenir contre l'autorité de l'Église.