 | Josef Brožek - 1984 - 348 sivua
..."chill." When Samuel Stanhope Smith lectured to his students in the 1790s, he defined philosophy as an investigation of the constitution and laws of nature both in the physical and moral world, so far as the powers of the human mind, unaided by the light of revelation, are competent to discover... | |
 | Mark A. Noll - 2004 - 364 sivua
...thus, not to be wondered at that Smith began his lectures on moral philosophy with this definition: "Philosophy is an investigation of the constitution...lights of revelation, are competent to discover them."" Smith's equation of method "in the physical and moral world" and his assertion that philosophy proceeds... | |
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, he explains, " is an investigation of the constitution and laws of nature, both in the physical and moral world, so far as the powers of the human mind, unaided by the light of revelation, are competent to discover them. 