An Examination of Mr. J. S. Mill's Philosophy: Being a Defence of Fundamental TruthR. Carter, 1880 - 470 páginas |
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... universal maxim or principle ; and no one has so clearly or completely classified and enumerated our intuitive convictions , or exhibited in detail their relations to the various sciences which repose on them as their foundations . The ...
... universal maxim or principle ; and no one has so clearly or completely classified and enumerated our intuitive convictions , or exhibited in detail their relations to the various sciences which repose on them as their foundations . The ...
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... universal principles , which are supposed to explain all the phenomena , and can easily get instances quoted to support them , found by " a vague and ill - built " ob- servation . In conducting this work of observation by con ...
... universal principles , which are supposed to explain all the phenomena , and can easily get instances quoted to support them , found by " a vague and ill - built " ob- servation . In conducting this work of observation by con ...
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... Universal Beliefs or principles of Common Sense are affirmations of consciousness , supposes two things , -that the beliefs exist , and that they can- not possibly have been acquired . " ( p . THE METHOD OF INVESTIGATION . 43.
... Universal Beliefs or principles of Common Sense are affirmations of consciousness , supposes two things , -that the beliefs exist , and that they can- not possibly have been acquired . " ( p . THE METHOD OF INVESTIGATION . 43.
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... universal beliefs . The word " belief " is unfortunately a very vague one , and may stand for a number of very different men- tal affections . When I am speaking of first or in- tuitive principles , I use the term to signify our ...
... universal beliefs . The word " belief " is unfortunately a very vague one , and may stand for a number of very different men- tal affections . When I am speaking of first or in- tuitive principles , I use the term to signify our ...
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... universal till it has been shown that they cannot possibly have been ac- quired " ? The burden of proof seems rather to lie on those who maintain they are acquired . Were any man of science to affirm that hydrogen is not an element ...
... universal till it has been shown that they cannot possibly have been ac- quired " ? The burden of proof seems rather to lie on those who maintain they are acquired . Were any man of science to affirm that hydrogen is not an element ...
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abstract according admit affirm allow apprehension argument Aristotle association of ideas attribute Bain believe body causation chemical affinity co-existence color Comprehension Comte conceive concept conclusion concrete Condillac consciousness consists contemplation conviction declare derived discover doctrine elements evidence existence experience Extension external fact give given Hume implies induction inference intuitive J. S. Mill James Mill judgments Julius Cæsar Kant knowledge laws of thought Logic logicians look means ment mental metaphysicians metaphysics Mill Mill's mind moral muscular nature necessity never notion noumenon objects observation operations original perceived perception persons phenomena philosophy phrase possibility of sensations predicate premises principle proposition psychological question reality reasoning regard relation relativity of knowledge resemblance sense series of feelings sion Sir William Hamilton space supposed sure syllogism theory things tion truth universal utilitarianism whole
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Página 413 - Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Página 401 - The great majority of good actions are intended not for the benefit of the world, but for that of individuals, of which the good of the world is made up; and the thoughts of the most virtuous man need not on these occasions travel beyond the particular persons concerned, except so far as is necessary to assure himself that in benefiting them he is not violating the rights, that is, the legitimate and authorised expectations, of any one else.
Página 394 - The internal sanction of duty, whatever our standard of duty may be, is one and the same — a feeling in our own mind ; a pain, more or less intense, attendant on violation of duty, which in properly cultivated moral natures rises, in the more serious cases, into shrinking from it as an impossibility.
Página 27 - This part of knowledge is irresistible, and like bright sunshine forces itself immediately to be perceived, as soon as ever the mind turns its view that way; and leaves no room for hesitation, doubt, or examination, but the mind is presently filled with the clear light of it.
Página 31 - I shall inquire into the original of those ideas, notions, or whatever else you please to call them, which a man observes, and is conscious to himself he has in his mind; and the ways whereby the understanding comes to be furnished with them.
Página 411 - It is essentially a doctrine of passive obedience ; it inculcates submission to all authorities found established ; who indeed are not to be actively obeyed when they command what religion forbids, but who are not to be resisted, far less rebelled against, for any amount of wrong to ourselves.
Página 441 - If, therefore, we speak of the Mind as a series of feelings, we are obliged to complete the statement by calling it a series of feelings which is aware of itself as past and future ; and we are reduced to the alternative of believing that the Mind, or Ego, is something different from any series of feelings, or possibilities of them, or of accepting the paradox, that something which ex hypolhesi is but a series of feelings, can be aware of itself as a series.
Página 320 - Things which coexist with the same thing coexist with one another," and — " A thing which coexists with another thing, with which other a third thing does not coexist, is not coexistent with that third thing.
Página 409 - ... are not provided for, nor intended to be provided for, in the recorded deliverances of the Founder of Christianity and which have been entirely thrown aside in the system of ethics erected on the basis of those deliverances by the Christian Church. And this being so, I think it a great error to persist in attempting to find in the Christian doctrine that complete rule for our guidance, which its author intended it to sanction and enforce but only partially to provide.