 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1901 - 456 pages
...worth the attention of men who have work to do in the world. And he thus ends one of his essays : — " If we take in hand any volume of Divinity, or school...any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number I No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence t No. Commit... | |
 | Sydney Herbert Mellone - 1902 - 356 pages
...worth the attention of men who have work to do in the world. And he thus ends one of his Essays : " If we take in hand any volume of divinity, or school...it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion." But Spencer, notwithstanding the inconsistency, is driven to recognise the reality of an infinite Power,... | |
 | David Hume - 1902 - 419 pages
...When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume ; of divinity or school metaphysics,...let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning_ quantity or number 1 No. Does it contain any experiwejital reasoning concerning matter... | |
 | James Orr - 1903 - 268 pages
...conclusion, dear to Professor Huxley:— "If we take in our hand any volume, of school divinity, or metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain...it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion." 2 During 1749 and 1750 Hume lived peacefully at Ninewells, though brain and pen were still unceasingly... | |
 | Michael John Fitzgerald McCarthy - 1906 - 760 pages
...denounced the Jewish scribes and pharisees : " If we take in hand any volume of divinity," wrote Hume, " or school metaphysics, for instance, let us ask, Does...and existence ? No. Commit it then to the flames; it cannot contain anything but sophistry and illusion." In Birmingham the theologians were circumvented,... | |
 | Arthur Joseph de Sopper - 1907 - 230 pages
...principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or schoolmetaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract...it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion" 1 ). Het zal ons dan opnieuw duidelijk worden, dat ook Berkeley's onderscheid tusschen ware en niet... | |
 | Lynn Basford, Oliver Slevin - 2003 - 880 pages
...purports to express'. Silver (1998) goes on to cite the philosopher David Hume, who stated the following: Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning...any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.... | |
 | Tim Milnes - 2003 - 294 pages
...eighteenth century. I From artistic to epistemic creation: the eighteenth century If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics,...instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reason1ng concern1ng quantity or number? No. Does 1t conta1n any exper1mental reason1ng concern1ng... | |
 | Alister E. McGrath - 2004 - 292 pages
...When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics,...can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion. Hume thus proposes two criteria for meaningfulness: logical analysis, and empirical investigation. In the... | |
 | 212 pages
...but not to the knowledge, and still less to the understanding, of lawful relations. If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics,...it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion. Tlie great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences... | |
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If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number'} No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence?... 
