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" By substance, I mean that which is in itself, and is conceived through itself : in other words, that of which a conception can be formed independently of any other conception. "
Dogmatism and Evolution: Studies in Modern Philosophy - Page 42
by Theodore De Laguna, Grace Mead Andrus De Laguna - 1910 - 259 pages
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History of the Problems of Philosophy, Volume 2

Paul Janet, Gabriel Séailles - 1902 - 402 pages
...Spinoza : In so far as it possesses Adequate Ideas the Human Mind is one unth the Divine Mind. To say : " by substance I mean that which is in itself and is conceived through itself. ... by mode I mean that which exists and is perceived through something other than itself," is to assume...
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Descartes, Spinoza and the New Philosophy

James Iverach - 1904 - 280 pages
...to Substance the particular nature aforesaid." This is from Letter 27, in which he had written : " By Substance I mean that which is in itself and is conceived through itself, that is, of which the conception does not involve the conception of anything else." The definition...
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The Approach to Philosophy

Ralph Barton Perry - 1905 - 478 pages
...embody the very qualification for existence. Whatever exists exists under the form of substance, as that " which is in itself, and is conceived through...conception can be formed independently of any other conception." 5 § 151. There remains but one further fundamental thesis for the establishment of the...
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The Library of Original Sources: Advance in knowledge, 1650-1800

Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 484 pages
...is limited by another thought, but a body is not limited by thought, nor a thought by body. . III. By substance, I mean that which is in itself, and...conception can be formed independently of any other conception. IV. By attribute, I mean that which the intellect perceives as constituting the essence...
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The Concept of Control

Savilla Alice Elkus - 1907 - 170 pages
...is independent. Hence the significance of 'substance' or God to account for this unity, the whole. "By substance I mean that which is in itself and is...conception can be formed independently of any other conception."4 With this conception of substance established, the regulated character of events is to...
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Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy ...

1908 - 768 pages
...thought is limited by another thought, but a body is not limited by thought, nor a thought by body. III. By substance, I mean that which is in itself, and...conception can be formed independently of any other conception. IV. By attribute, I mean that which the intellect perceives as constituting the essence...
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The Classical Moralists: Selections Illustrating Ethics from Socrates to ...

Benjamin Rand - 1909 - 832 pages
...thought is limited by another thought, but a body is not limited by thought, nor a thought by body. III. By substance, I mean that which is in itself, and...conception can be formed independently of any other conception. IV. By attribute, I mean that which the intellect perceives as constituting the essence...
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The Science-history of the Universe, Volume 10

Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1909 - 346 pages
...and extension; of the attributes there are many modifications, minds and bodies. Thus he declares: "By 'substance,' I mean that which is in itself, and...conception can be formed independently of any other conception. "By 'attribute,' I mean that which the intellect perceives as constituting the essence...
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The Revival of Scholastic Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century

Joseph Louis Perrier - 1909 - 368 pages
...up Descartes's idea, and was not dismayed by its pantheistic implications. He defined substance as " that which is in itself and is conceived through itself;...conception can be formed independently of any other conception,"4* and showed that God is the only substance. The same doctrine has been revived — with...
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The Persistent Problems of Philosophy: An Introduction to Metaphysics ...

Mary Whiton Calkins - 1910 - 618 pages
...amplification of this traditional doctrine, and a statement of its corollaries. 'By substance," Spinoza says, "I mean that which is in itself and is conceived through...which a conception can be formed independently of any 1 Cf. Berkeley, "Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher," Dialogue, VII., Clarendon Press edition, Vol....
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