 ... or matter, — the distant or the near, — we know, and can know, only in so far as we possess a faculty of knowing in general ; and we can only exercise that faculty under the laws which control and limit its operations. However great, and infinite,...  Problems in Philosophy - Sivu 50tekijä(t) John Bascom - 1885 - 222 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1859 - 736 sivua
...I. and II. much as all science is only such under conditions dependent upon the laws of mind ; for " however great, and infinite, and various may be the...exist, but as our mind is capable of knowing them ; quicquid rccipitur, recipitur ad modum rccipientis " (vol. i. p. 61).* In this aspect, we propose... | |
 | 1859 - 648 sivua
...METAPHYSICS. much as all science is only such under conditions dependent upon the laws of mind ; for " however great, and infinite, and various may be the...exist, but as our mind is capable of knowing them ; quicquid recipitur, recipitur ad modum recipientis " (vol. i. p. 6J).* In this aspect, we propose... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1859 - 752 sivua
...the laws which control and limit its operations. However great, and infinite, and various, therefore, may be the universe and its contents, — these are...exist, but as our mind is capable of knowing them. Hence the brocard — " Quicquid recipitur, recipitur ad modum rccipientis." J In the first place,... | |
 | James Oswald Dykes, James Stuart Candlish, Hugh Sinclair Paterson, Joseph Samuel Exell - 1861 - 994 sivua
...conjunction.* * Hamilton pats the matter thus : " However great and infinite, and various, therefore, may be the universe and its contents — these are...exist, but as our mind is capable of knowing them," (Lett, on Afeta., p. 43). "Whatever we know is not known as it is, but only as it seems to us to be... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1861 - 584 sivua
...the laws which control and limit its operations. However great, and infinite, and various, therefore, may be the universe and its contents, — these are...exist, but as our mind is capable of knowing them. Hence the brocard — " Quit-quid recipitur, recipitur ad moduin recipientis." In the first place,... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1861 - 584 sivua
...However great, and infinite, and various, therefore, may be the universe and its contents,— thsse are known to us, not as they exist, but as our mind is capable of knowing them. Hence the brocard — " Quicquid recipitur, recipitur ad modum recipientis." In the firft place, therefore,... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1862 - 584 sivua
...the laws which control and limit its operations. However great, and infinite, and various, therefore, may be the universe and its contents, — these are...exist, but as our mind is capable of knowing them. Hence the brocard — " Quicquid recipitur, recipitur ad modum rccipientis." In the first place, therefore,... | |
 | James Hutchison Stirling - 1865 - 188 sivua
...qualities : and these qualities exist to us only as they are known by us, ie as phenomena. {Disc. p. 61.) The universe and its contents, — these are known...exist, but as our mind is capable of knowing them. (Meta. i. 61.) Existence is not cognisable absolutely and in itself, but only in special modes ; because... | |
 | James Hutchison Stirling - 1865 - 140 sivua
...only as they are known by us, ie as phenomena. (Disc. p. 61.) The universe and its contents,—these are known to us, not as they exist, but as our mind is capable of knowing them. (Meta. i. 61.) Existence is not cognisable absolutely and in itself, but only in special modes ; because... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1860 - 868 sivua
...reach the intel* Hamilton puts the matter thus: " However great nnd infinite, and various, therefore, may be the universe and its contents— these are...exist, but as our mind is capable of knowing them." (Lee. on Meta. p. 43.) "Whatever we know is not known as it is, but only as it seems tons to be: for... | |
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