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... cause of the world - formation . In this theory , we have a distinct reminiscence of Anaxagoras . positions , the Atomists thought , sufficed to explain the variety of phenomena . These The The super - sensible atoms and the void alone ...
... cause of the world - formation . In this theory , we have a distinct reminiscence of Anaxagoras . positions , the Atomists thought , sufficed to explain the variety of phenomena . These The The super - sensible atoms and the void alone ...
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... of those phenomena in the history of culture , for which not more than general causes can be assigned in the absence of exhaustive historical data . SECOND EPOCH . SOKRATES . WE have now arrived at EPOCH I. ] 43 THE SOKRATIC SCHOOLS .
... of those phenomena in the history of culture , for which not more than general causes can be assigned in the absence of exhaustive historical data . SECOND EPOCH . SOKRATES . WE have now arrived at EPOCH I. ] 43 THE SOKRATIC SCHOOLS .
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... causes make up the whole subject - matter of the theoretical side of his philosophy . All states of consciousness are reducible to violent motion , moderate motion , and the lack of all motion . The first is pain , the second is ...
... causes make up the whole subject - matter of the theoretical side of his philosophy . All states of consciousness are reducible to violent motion , moderate motion , and the lack of all motion . The first is pain , the second is ...
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... cause was matter ; with the Pythagoreans , form ; with Empedokles , efficient cause ; with Anaxagoras , end or final cause . By matter ( vλŋ ) Aristotle understands the warp or basis , so to speak , to be operated on , or which becomes ...
... cause was matter ; with the Pythagoreans , form ; with Empedokles , efficient cause ; with Anaxagoras , end or final cause . By matter ( vλŋ ) Aristotle understands the warp or basis , so to speak , to be operated on , or which becomes ...
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... cause , or antecedent condition , ( efficient cause ) of anything , and is antithetical to réλos , or the fourth sense of the word , which is that of final cause or purpose . The Téλos , it is important to remember , is the ultimate and ...
... cause , or antecedent condition , ( efficient cause ) of anything , and is antithetical to réλos , or the fourth sense of the word , which is that of final cause or purpose . The Téλos , it is important to remember , is the ultimate and ...
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Page 199 - When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number'} No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.