 How then can it be a legitimate conclusion from the argument, that our con-. sciousncss of it is negative ? An argument, the very construction of which assigns to a certain term a certain meaning, but which ends in showing that this term has no such meaning,...  First Principles of a New System of Philosophy - Page 88by Herbert Spencer - 1864 - 508 pagesFull view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 1873 - 614 pages
...then can it be a legitimate conclusion from the argument, that our consciousness of it is negative t An argument, the very construction of which assigns...certain meaning, but which ends in showing that this 1 First Principles, 2nd ed. Chap. iv. pp. 88, 89, 91, 95, 96. 2B term has no such meaning, is simply... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1875 - 500 pages
...knowledge is demonstrated distinctly postulates the positive existence of something beyond the relative The very demonstration that a definite consciousness of the Absolute is impossible to us presupposes an indefinite consciousness of it" (First Principles, p. 88). 24. An objection presents... | |
 | 1877 - 464 pages
...assumption proves that the Absolute has been present to the mind, not as a nothing, but as a something. Clearly, then, the very demonstration that a definite consciousness of the Absolute is impossible to ns, unavoidably presupposes an indefinite consciousness of it."* IB it possible, one cannot help exclaiming,... | |
 | WM. James - 1878 - 460 pages
...seeks to avoid by resorting to the " indefinite " consciousness. "The very demonstration," he says, "that a definite consciousness, of the Absolute is...unavoidably presupposes an indefinite consciousness of it. The arguments by which the relativity of knowledge is demonstrated distinctly postulate the positive... | |
 | Malcolm Guthrie - 1879 - 290 pages
...explaining " things in themselves," although he has not explained consciousness. Mr. Spencer concludes " an argument, the very construction of which assigns...no such meaning, is simply an elaborate suicide." The reply is, that we shall henceforth refuse to take a term which is found both unnecessary and misleading.... | |
 | John Watson - 1881 - 424 pages
...assumption proves that the absolute has been present to the mind, not as a nothing, but as a something. Clearly, then, the very demonstration that a definite...unavoidably presupposes an indefinite consciousness of it." We have here evidently our old enemy under a new disguise. The proof of the " relativity of knowledge,"... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1882 - 652 pages
...not negative. How then can it be a legitimate conclusion from the argument, that our consciousness of it is negative ? An argument, the very construction...demonstration that a definite consciousness of the Absolute ia impossible to us, unavoidably presupposes an indefinite consciousness of it. Perhaps the best way... | |
 | William Dexter Wilson - 1883 - 420 pages
...negative. How, then, can it be a legitimate conclusion from the argument that our consciousness [cognition] of it is negative ? An argument, the very construction...the very demonstration that a definite consciousness [cognition] of the Absolute [God] is impossible to us, unavoidably presupposes an indefinite consciousness... | |
 | William David Ground - 1883 - 394 pages
...not negative. How then can it be a legitimate conclusion from the argument, that our consciousness of it is negative? An argument, the very construction...certain term a certain meaning, but which ends in shewing that this term has no such meaning, is simply an elaborate suicide. Clearly, then, the very... | |
 | William David Ground - 1883 - 392 pages
...not negative. How then can it be a legitimate conclusion from the argument, that our consciousness of it is negative ? An argument, the very construction...certain term a certain meaning, but which ends in shewing that this term has no such meaning, is simply an elaborate suicide. Clearly, then, the very... | |
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