...a time before as well as after the creation of the world " (p. 209). Sir W. Hamilton too says — " By a wonderful revelation we are thus, in the very...of something unconditioned beyond the sphere of all comprehensive reality" (Discussions, p. 15). We have always felt that there ij something unsatisfactory...

...of our knowledge as necessarily coextensive with the horizon of our faith." And he adds, " And by > wonderful revelation, we are thus, in the very consciousness...something unconditioned, beyond the sphere of all comprehensive reality" (p. 15). Hamilton i* often appealing to faith, but has left a very imperfect...

...we are thue, in the very consciousness of our inability to conceive aught above the relative and the finite, inspired with a belief in the existence of...beyond the sphere of all comprehensible reality." — Hamilton. Dis. Rev. of Cousin. Мапчс! says : " We arc compelled by the constitution of our...

...of thought is not to be constituted into the measure of existence ; and are warned from recognising the domain of our knowledge as necessarily co-extensive...beyond the sphere of all comprehensible reality." The whole spirit of such teaching tends to rebuke the conceit of a hollow and haughty rationalism,...

...absolute is conceived merely by a negation of conceivability," itself ends 'with the remark that, " by a wonderful revelation. we are thus, in the very...beyond the sphere of all comprehensible reality." The last of these assertions practically admits that which the other denies. By the laws of thought...

...we are thus, in the very consciousness of our inability to conceive aught above the relative and the finite, inspired with a belief in the existence of...beyond the sphere of all comprehensible reality.'" Here, then, we have found the ultimate ground of our faith in the Infinite God. It is built upon a...

...conceived, but it can be believed in. " By a wondrous revelation," says Sir William Hamilton, " we are, in the very consciousness of our inability to conceive...something unconditioned, beyond the sphere of all reprehensible reality."1 Space has no boundaries beyond which it does not reach. The conception of...

...is, of course, only consistent to tell us, that "by a wonderful revelation we are thus, in our very inability to conceive aught above the relative and...beyond the sphere of all comprehensible reality." It is obvious that this faith must be a feeling. For it is required to supplement our cognitive impotency;...

...Herbert Spencer, "First Principles," p. 83. negative, but a positive. Hamilton asserts that " we are inspired with a belief in the existence of something...beyond the sphere of all comprehensible reality;" while Mansel maintains : " We are compelled, by the constitution of our minds, to believe in the existence...

...the consciousness of our inability to conceive aught above the relative and finite, inspired with the belief in the existence of something unconditioned,...beyond the sphere of all comprehensible reality." (Rev.of Cousin.) It will be noticed, that what Hamilton teaches here is not that the absolute cannot...