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... motion , neither limited nor unlimited , " all eye , all ear , all thought , " such was the God , Being , or All , of Xeno- phanes . It is the enunciation of unity and change- lessness as the attributes of true Being against the multi ...
... motion , neither limited nor unlimited , " all eye , all ear , all thought , " such was the God , Being , or All , of Xeno- phanes . It is the enunciation of unity and change- lessness as the attributes of true Being against the multi ...
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... the most noted is the so - called Achilles - puzzle . The object was to prove the impossibility of motion . If Achilles and the tortoise run a race , and Achilles do but give the tortoise a start , however 34 [ EPOCH I. GREEK PHILOSOPHY .
... the most noted is the so - called Achilles - puzzle . The object was to prove the impossibility of motion . If Achilles and the tortoise run a race , and Achilles do but give the tortoise a start , however 34 [ EPOCH I. GREEK PHILOSOPHY .
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... motion . Arguments of an analogous kind are brought forward to demonstrate the impossibility of plurality . In Zeno the opposition of the Eleatic philosophy to common sense is brought out into the most prominent relief . Multiplicity ...
... motion . Arguments of an analogous kind are brought forward to demonstrate the impossibility of plurality . In Zeno the opposition of the Eleatic philosophy to common sense is brought out into the most prominent relief . Multiplicity ...
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... motion and change was now met by their affirmation as the inseparable attribute of real being . Physics , or cosmology , ceasing to be separated by an impassable gulf from philosophy proper , as with the Eleatics , was absorbed into its ...
... motion and change was now met by their affirmation as the inseparable attribute of real being . Physics , or cosmology , ceasing to be separated by an impassable gulf from philosophy proper , as with the Eleatics , was absorbed into its ...
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... motion , viz . the earth . At this point the reverse process commenced , the fire gradually ascending to the sphere of its original purity . From fire all things come , and into fire they must return . The " fire " of Herakleitos must ...
... motion , viz . the earth . At this point the reverse process commenced , the fire gradually ascending to the sphere of its original purity . From fire all things come , and into fire they must return . The " fire " of Herakleitos must ...
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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.