| Thomas Reid - 1863 - 542 páginas
...confirmed by the analogy of those of the lower animals which have the power of locomotion at birth. It is truly an idle problem to attempt imagining the...of that notion not being always in our possession. 30. We have, therefore, a twofold cognition of space : a) an a priori or native imagination of it,... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 342 páginas
...Cousin himself. He even expresses his contempt for that method. Speaking of Extension, he says,* " It is truly an idle problem to attempt imagining the...of that notion not being always in our possession." That things which we " are unable to imagine to ourselves the possibility of," may be, and many of... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 578 páginas
...Cousin himself. He even expresses his contempt for that method. Speaking of Extension, he says,* " It is truly an idle problem to " attempt imagining the steps by which we may be sup" posed to have acquired the notion of Extension, when, " in fact, we are unable to imagine to ourselves... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 578 páginas
...Cousin himself. He even expresses his contempt for that method. Speaking of Extension, he says,* " It is truly an idle problem to " attempt imagining the steps by which we may be sup" posed to have acquired the notion of Extension, when, " in fact, we are unable to imagine to ourselves... | |
| Sir William Hamilton - 1866 - 548 páginas
...confirmed by the analogy of those of the lower animals, which have the power of locomotion at birth. It is truly an idle problem to attempt imagining the...of that notion not being always in our possession. 30. We have, therefore, a twofold cognition of space: a) an a priori or native imagination of it, in... | |
| Lucy F March Phillipps - 1866 - 106 páginas
...about,* when he finds him saying, " It is truly idle to attempt imagining the steps by which we may have acquired the notion of Extension, when in fact we are unable to imagine to ourselves the possii . • * Page 149. bility of that notion not being always in our possession, " he interprets... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1867 - 664 páginas
...Cousin himself. He even expresses his contempt for that method. Speaking of Extension, he says, { " It is truly an idle problem to " attempt imagining the steps by which we may be sup" posed to have acquired the notion of Extension, when, " in fact, we are unable to imagine to ourselves... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1873 - 678 páginas
...to analyze our consciousness of it as absurd. Among these, is Sir William Hamilton ; who says that " it is truly an idle problem to attempt imagining the...of that notion not being always in our possession." On this proposition the first comment to be made is that a philosopher, dealing with questions of so... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1873 - 672 páginas
...to analyze our consciousness of it as absurd. Among these, is Sir William Hamilton ; whe says that " it is truly an idle problem to attempt imagining the...acquired the notion of extension ; when in fact we arc unable to imagine to ourselves the possibility of that notion not being always in our possession."... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1873 - 670 páginas
...to analyze our consciousness of it as absurd. Among these, is Sir William Hamilton ; who says that " it is truly an idle problem to attempt imagining the...have acquired the notion of extension ; when in fact wo are unable to imagine to ourselves the possibility of that notion not being always in our possession."... | |
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