The History of Materialism and Criticism of Its Present Importance, Volume 1K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1892 - Materialism |
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Page vii
... causes that have delayed its completion , since they are personal to myself , it would be an impertinence to trouble the reader with . The only one that is not so , is to be deplored on other grounds besides that of mere delay . The ...
... causes that have delayed its completion , since they are personal to myself , it would be an impertinence to trouble the reader with . The only one that is not so , is to be deplored on other grounds besides that of mere delay . The ...
Page x
... caused him to resign in 1861. He had now devoted himself to social and economic questions and to political agitation ; and , amongst numerous other offices , filled the position of secretary to the Chamber of Commerce at Duisburg . In ...
... caused him to resign in 1861. He had now devoted himself to social and economic questions and to political agitation ; and , amongst numerous other offices , filled the position of secretary to the Chamber of Commerce at Duisburg . In ...
Page xi
... caused some coldness between Lange and his political friends . At the same time he was harassed by the press prosecutions which German Govern- ments seem unable to avoid , and which the German people still continue to endure . Under ...
... caused some coldness between Lange and his political friends . At the same time he was harassed by the press prosecutions which German Govern- ments seem unable to avoid , and which the German people still continue to endure . Under ...
Page xviii
... causes of progress by antitheses , and of the combination of great advances with reactionary elements , 57. State of things in Athens , 58 . Sokrates as a religious reformer , 60. Contents and tendency of his philosophy , 63. Plato ...
... causes of progress by antitheses , and of the combination of great advances with reactionary elements , 57. State of things in Athens , 58 . Sokrates as a religious reformer , 60. Contents and tendency of his philosophy , 63. Plato ...
Page xx
... cause of gravity , 308. The idea that this hypothetical agent determines also the motion of the heavenly bodies lay very near , and the way was already prepared for it , 309 . The reference of the combined influence to the individual ...
... cause of gravity , 308. The idea that this hypothetical agent determines also the motion of the heavenly bodies lay very near , and the way was already prepared for it , 309 . The reference of the combined influence to the individual ...
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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.