 To think is to condition ; and conditional limitation is the fundamental law of the possibility of thought. For as the greyhound cannot outstrip his shadow, nor (by a more appropriate simile) the eagle outsoar the atmosphere in which he floats, and by...  The Scottish Review - Page 361887Full view - About this book
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1852 - 848 pages
...is to condition ; and conditional limitation is the fundamental law of the possibility of thought. For, as the greyhound cannot outstrip his shadow,...atmosphere in which he floats, and by which alone ho may be supported ; so the mind cannot transcend that sphere of limitation, within and through which... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 606 pages
...absolute and relative knowledge. And with consummate tact Sir William shows, that as the eagle cannot out-soar the atmosphere in which he floats, and by...exclusively the possibility of thought is realized. Thought, he argues, is only of the conditioned, because to think is to condition : conditional limitation is... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1853 - 536 pages
...absolute and relative knowledge. And with consummate tact Sir William shows, that as the eagle cannot out-soar the atmosphere in which he floats, and by...through which exclusively the possibility of thought is realised. Thought, he argues, is only of the conditioned, because to think is to condition: conditional... | |
 | 1853 - 570 pages
...absolute and relative knowledge. And with consummate tact Sir William shows, that as the eagle cannot out-soar the atmosphere in which he floats, and by...through which exclusively the possibility of thought is realised. Thought, he argues, is only of the conditioned, because to think is to cojidition : conditional... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1853 - 832 pages
...conditional limitation is the fundamental law of the possibility of thought. For, as the grayhound can not outstrip his shadow, nor (by a more appropriate simile)...atmosphere in which he floats, and by which alone he may be supported ; so the mind can not transcend that sphere of limitation, within and through which... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1853 - 828 pages
...conditional limitation is the fundamental law of the possibility of thought. For, as the grayhound can not outstrip his shadow, nor (by a more appropriate simile)...atmosphere in which he floats, and by which alone he may be supported ; so the mind can not transcend that sphere of limitation, within and through which... | |
 | Joseph Jones - 1853 - 208 pages
...is to condition ; and conditional limitation is the fundamental law of the possibility of thought. The mind cannot transcend that sphere of limitation,...through which exclusively the possibility of thought is realised. Thought is only of the conditioned. 7. Thought cannot transcend consciousness: consciousness,... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1854 - 444 pages
...is to condition, and conditional limitation is the fundamental law of the possibility of thought ; for as the greyhound cannot outstrip his shadow, nor...atmosphere in which he floats, and by which alone he may be supported, so the mind cannot transcend that sphere of limitation within and through which exclusively... | |
 | John Williams - 1854 - 234 pages
...think is to condition, and conditional limitation is the fundamental law of the possibility of thought. For as the greyhound cannot outstrip his shadow, nor...atmosphere in which he floats, and by which alone he may be supported, so the mind cannot transcend that sphere of limitation, within and through which... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1860 - 548 pages
...is to condition ; and conditional limitation is the fundamental law of the possibility of thought. For, as the greyhound cannot outstrip his shadow,...eagle out-soar the atmosphere in which he floats, and bj which alone he may be supported ; so the mind cannot transcend that sphere of limitation, within... | |
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