The History of Materialism and Criticism of Its Present Importance, Volume 1K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1892 - Materialism |
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... suppose that I have always succeeded in meeting or eluding these difficulties ; but I have endea- voured everywhere to translate as literally as was consis- tent with English idiom . It may serve also to explain possible obscurities to ...
... suppose that I have always succeeded in meeting or eluding these difficulties ; but I have endea- voured everywhere to translate as literally as was consis- tent with English idiom . It may serve also to explain possible obscurities to ...
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... suppose the line on which these dimensions are measured to be pro- longed . In this direction follow the general movement of the free atoms , and clearly only in the sense of the movement from the head to the foot of a man standing in ...
... suppose the line on which these dimensions are measured to be pro- longed . In this direction follow the general movement of the free atoms , and clearly only in the sense of the movement from the head to the foot of a man standing in ...
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... suppose that many features of the Epikurean Atomism , in cases where we are not told the contrary , are due to Demokritos . Epikuros made the atoms infinite in number , but not infi- nitely various in form . More important is his ...
... suppose that many features of the Epikurean Atomism , in cases where we are not told the contrary , are due to Demokritos . Epikuros made the atoms infinite in number , but not infi- nitely various in form . More important is his ...
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... suppose to be known without inquiry ; that cheerful serenity of soul is the most lasting good , and that it can only be attained by right thinking and acting , are results of experience ; and the reason for striving after this har ...
... suppose to be known without inquiry ; that cheerful serenity of soul is the most lasting good , and that it can only be attained by right thinking and acting , are results of experience ; and the reason for striving after this har ...
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... suppose a sharp antithesis between them , as though they represented two main philo- sophical tendencies- a priori speculation and rational empiricism . The truth is , however , that Aristotle devised a system in close dependence upon ...
... suppose a sharp antithesis between them , as though they represented two main philo- sophical tendencies- a priori speculation and rational empiricism . The truth is , however , that Aristotle devised a system in close dependence upon ...
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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.