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" By substance, I understand that which is in itself and is conceived through itself; in other words, that, the conception of which does not need the conception of another thing from which it must be formed. "
Spinoza: His Life and Philosophy - Page 155
by Frederick Pollock - 1880 - 467 pages
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An Investigation of the Laws of Thought: On which are Founded the ...

George Boole - 1854 - 442 pages
...greater than a given one. So thought is bounded by other thought. But body is not bounded by thought, nor thought by body. 3. By substance, I understand that which is in itself (in se), and is conceived by itself (per se condpitur), ie, that whose conception does not require...
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Half-hours with the Freethinkers, Volume 1, Issues 1-24

John Watts - 1857 - 210 pages
...thought is limited by other thoughts. But body does not limit thought, nor thought limit body. 1П. By substance I understand that which is in itself, and is conceived per se — that is, the conception of which does not require the conception of anything else as antecedent...
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Modern Philosophy: Or A Treatise of Moral and Metaphysical Philosophy from ...

Frederick Denison Maurice - 1862 - 710 pages
...explains his Natura Natmrans and 416 THE DIVINE NATURE. Nature pro- Notura Naturata. By the first he means that which is in itself> and is conceived by itself— that is to say, God as the one free cause. By the second he means all which follows of necessity from the nature...
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The Christian Examiner, Volume 74

1863 - 478 pages
...same nature. For example, body is called finite, because we always conceive another greater than it. " By Substance, I understand that which is in itself, and is conceived of itself; that is, that whose conception needs not the conception of any other thing in order to its...
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Benedict de Spinoza: His Life, Correspondence, and Ethics

Robert Willis - 1870 - 704 pages
...understanding that. For the definition as I gave it to you, unless my memory plays me false, ran thus : ' By substance I understand that which is in itself and is conceived by itself, ie the conception of which involves the conception of no other thing ; ' by attribute I understand...
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The Great Problem: The Higher Ministry of Nature Viewed in the Light of ...

John R. Leifchild - 1872 - 578 pages
...our granting to Spinoza what he demands for the word substance. He himself defines it thus : — " By substance I understand that which is in itself, and is conceived per se; that is, the conception of which does not require the conception of anything else antecedent...
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A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time, Volume 2

Friedrich Ueberweg - 1874 - 580 pages
...definitions, follow the statements of what Spinoza understands by substance, attribute, and mode. " By substance I understand that which is in itself and is conceived by itself, »'. e., the conception of which can be formed without the aid of the conception of any other thing."...
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Philosophy Without Assumptions

Thomas Penyngton Kirkman - 1876 - 368 pages
...concipitur : hoc est id cujus conceptus non indiget conceptu alterius rei a quo formari debeat.' ' By substance I understand that which is in itself, and is conceived by itself; that is, the conception of which requires for its formation the conception of no other thing.' I soon discovered...
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History of Philosophy: History of modern philosophy. With additions by the ...

Friedrich Ueberweg - 1876 - 604 pages
...definitions, follow the. statements of what Spinoza understands by substance, attribute, and mode. " By substance I understand that which is in itself and is conceived by iteelf , ie , the conception of which can be formed without the aid" of the conception of any other...
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The Ethics of Benedict de Spinoza: Demonstrated After the Method of ...

Benedictus de Spinoza - 1876 - 394 pages
...would be an axiom for all, and be counted amo'ng common ideas or notions. For by substance they would understand that which is in itself and is conceived by itself, that is to say, it would be that the conception of which has no need of the conception of any other thing ;...
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