...relations. There can be no relation established, and therefore no thought framed, when one of the related terms is absent from consciousness. Hence it is impossible...unthinkable ; and its indestructibility thus becomes an a priori cognition of the highest order — not one that results from a long continued registry of...

...relations. There can be no relation established, and therefore no thought framed, when one of the related terms is absent from consciousness. Hence it is impossible...nothing cannot become an object of consciousness. j The annihilation of Matter is unthinkable for the same reason that the creation of Matter is unthinkable...

...universe cannot really be conceived as diminished, any more than it can be conceived as increased. ... It is impossible to think of something becoming nothing,...becoming something — the reason, namely, that nothing can become an object of consciousness. The annihilation of matter is unthinkable for the same reason...

...relations. There can be no relation established, and therefore no thought framed, when one of the related terms is absent from consciousness. Hence it is impossible...that it is impossible to think of nothing becoming something—the reason, namely, that nothing cannot become an object of consciousness. The annihilation...

...relation established, and therefore no thought framed, when one of the related terms is absent from consciousness. The annihilation of Matter is unthinkable...unthinkable ; and its indestructibility thus becomes an a priori cognition of the highest order — not one that results from a long continued registry of...

...kantiano) del principio della permanenza. Mi si permetta di riferire le parole testuali (p. 175): « The annihilation of « matter is unthinkable for the same reason that the crea« tion of matter is unthinkable ; and Ibis indestructibility thus « becomes an a priori cognition...

...establishment of relations. There can be no relation, and, therefore, no thought framed, when one of the terms is absent from consciousness. Hence it is impossible...of matter is unthinkable for the same reason that its creation is unthinkable ; and its indestructibility thus becomes an d priori cognition of the highest...

...establishment of relations. There can be no relation, and, therefore, no thought framed, when one of the terms is absent from consciousness. Hence it is impossible...nothing cannot become an object of consciousness. The aunihilation of matter is unthinkable for the same reason that its creation is unthinkable ; and its...

...establishment of relations. There can be no relation, and, therefore, no thought framed, when one of the terms is absent from consciousness. Hence it is impossible...think of something becoming nothing, for the same reasou that it is impossible to think of nothing Incoming something — the reason, namely, that nothing...

...establishment of relations. There can be no relation, and, therefore, no thought framed, when one of the terms is absent from consciousness. Hence it is impossible...The annihilation of matter is unthinkable for the very same reason that its creation is unthinkable ; and its indestructibility thus becomes an a priori...