 | 1858 - 688 pages
...intuition ; says that we have an intuitive knowledge of our own existence ; speaks of the " mind perceiving truth as the eye doth light, only by being directed toward it ;" declares that in the " discovery of and assent to these truths, there is no use of the discursive... | |
 | William Fleming - 1860 - 710 pages
..."Sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention of any other ; and this,...examining, but perceives the truth as the eye doth the light, only by being directed towards it. Thus, the mind perceives that white is not black, that... | |
 | William Fleming - 1860 - 698 pages
...two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention of any other ; and this, I think, wo may call intuitive knowledge. For in this the mind...examining, but perceives the truth as the eye doth the light, only by being directed towards it. Thus, the mind perceives that white is not black, that... | |
 | James McCosh - 1860 - 512 pages
...Sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention of any other; and this I think we may call intuitive knowledge. From this the mind is at no pains of proving or examining, but perceives the truth, as the eye doth... | |
 | William Fleming - 1860 - 912 pages
..."Sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention of any other ; and this, I think, we may call iatuitive knowledge. For in this the mind is at no pains of proving or examining, but perceives the... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1861 - 900 pages
...disagreement of two ideas, immediately by themselves, witbout the invention of any other, this id intuitive; for in this the mind is at no pains of proving or examining-, but perceives the truth, as the eye docs the light, only by being directed towards it. Thus, the mind perceives that white is not black,... | |
 | Rev. John Levington - 1863 - 288 pages
...Sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention of any other ; and this, I think, we may call intuitive knowledge." He gives other instances of what he thinks may be called the intuitive ; yet Mr. C. represents both... | |
 | James McCosh - 1865 - 472 pages
...intervention of any other, and this I think we may call intuitive knowledge. From this the mind is at no paius of proving or examining, but perceives the truth, as the eye doth light, only by being directed towards it." " This kind of knowledge is the clearest and most certain that human frailty is capable... | |
 | 1865 - 700 pages
...sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the Intervention of any other; and this I think we may call intuitive knowledge ... Such kind of truths the mind perceives at the first sight of the ideas together, by bare intuition,... | |
 | 1865 - 696 pages
...the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas imntcdiateli/ by themselves, toithout the Intervention of any other; and this I think we may call intuitive knowledge ... Such kind of truths the mind perceives at the first sight' of the ideas together, by bare Intuition,... | |
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For if we will reflect on our own ways of thinking, we shall find that sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention of any other: and this, I think, we may call 'intuitive... 
