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... empirical philosophy in general , and the positive philosophy in particular . This is their only purpose save in so far as they , here and there , show weak and faltering adumbrations of the " one true method . " To Mr. Hutchison ...
... empirical philosophy in general , and the positive philosophy in particular . This is their only purpose save in so far as they , here and there , show weak and faltering adumbrations of the " one true method . " To Mr. Hutchison ...
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... empirical , sceptical , and materialist school in that of Carvaka and his followers , whose doctrines and even their mode of statement bear a close resemblance to those of La Mettrie , and the French rationalism of the last century ...
... empirical , sceptical , and materialist school in that of Carvaka and his followers , whose doctrines and even their mode of statement bear a close resemblance to those of La Mettrie , and the French rationalism of the last century ...
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... empirical and the intelligible worlds , between the world of change and multiplicity given in ordinary conscious- ness , and that world of abstract ideas , to the contempla- tion of which the philosopher aspired . The objects of the ...
... empirical and the intelligible worlds , between the world of change and multiplicity given in ordinary conscious- ness , and that world of abstract ideas , to the contempla- tion of which the philosopher aspired . The objects of the ...
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... empirical being . This Aristotelian distinction of itself marks an epoch , most momentous in the history of thought , and at once clears the ground of a mass of extraneous material . As regards the third sense of the word principle ( to ...
... empirical being . This Aristotelian distinction of itself marks an epoch , most momentous in the history of thought , and at once clears the ground of a mass of extraneous material . As regards the third sense of the word principle ( to ...
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... Empirical - sceptical position is put with remarkable clearness and force . The style of Sextus Empiricus has a terseness not usual with ancient writers . Among the other members of the Empirical or Sceptical school may be mentioned ...
... Empirical - sceptical position is put with remarkable clearness and force . The style of Sextus Empiricus has a terseness not usual with ancient writers . Among the other members of the Empirical or Sceptical school may be mentioned ...
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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.