Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in February, March, April and May, 1863, Volume 2C. Scribner, 1865 - 622 pages |
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Page 36
... admit the process of dialectic regeneration to a much greater extent than we should be justi- fied in doing in the Aryan and Semitic families , our task of reconciliation would become hopeless . Will it be believed that since the time ...
... admit the process of dialectic regeneration to a much greater extent than we should be justi- fied in doing in the Aryan and Semitic families , our task of reconciliation would become hopeless . Will it be believed that since the time ...
Page 54
... admits of a solution , and of a very perfect solution , cannot be doubted . As there prevails much misconception on this sub- ject , I shall devote part of this lecture to a statement of what has been achieved in framing a philosophi ...
... admits of a solution , and of a very perfect solution , cannot be doubted . As there prevails much misconception on this sub- ject , I shall devote part of this lecture to a statement of what has been achieved in framing a philosophi ...
Page 55
... admits the difficulty of inventing and arranging this philosophical language , but he maintains that , if once carried out , it could be acquired by others with- out a dictionary , and with comparative ease . He should be able to carry ...
... admits the difficulty of inventing and arranging this philosophical language , but he maintains that , if once carried out , it could be acquired by others with- out a dictionary , and with comparative ease . He should be able to carry ...
Page 63
... admits two independent classes of transcendental notions , one for God , the other for the World , neither of which , as he says , can be treated as predicaments , because they are not capable of any subordinate species . V. The fifth ...
... admits two independent classes of transcendental notions , one for God , the other for the World , neither of which , as he says , can be treated as predicaments , because they are not capable of any subordinate species . V. The fifth ...
Page 66
... admits most fully its many defects . No single individual could have mastered such a subject , which would baffle even the united efforts of learned societies . Yet such as it is , and with all its imperfections , in- creased by the ...
... admits most fully its many defects . No single individual could have mastered such a subject , which would baffle even the united efforts of learned societies . Yet such as it is , and with all its imperfections , in- creased by the ...
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