Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1822 |
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Page 34
... existence of a soul , because they have never yet been able to transfix it upon the point of their knife ; and yet methinks there is one circumstance that ought to lower the dogmatical confidence of the materialist , and 34 ' MANY THINGS.
... existence of a soul , because they have never yet been able to transfix it upon the point of their knife ; and yet methinks there is one circumstance that ought to lower the dogmatical confidence of the materialist , and 34 ' MANY THINGS.
Page 35
... existence of matter , as learnedly and as long as we please , as some have done before us , and yet we shall not establish the existence of matter by any such dubitations ; but the moment we begin to doubt about the existence of mind ...
... existence of matter , as learnedly and as long as we please , as some have done before us , and yet we shall not establish the existence of matter by any such dubitations ; but the moment we begin to doubt about the existence of mind ...
Page 39
... existence distinct from that of the instrument , so the mind may have an existence distinct from that of the brain ; for in truth we have no proof whatever of mind being a pro- perty dependant upon any arrangement of matter . We ...
... existence distinct from that of the instrument , so the mind may have an existence distinct from that of the brain ; for in truth we have no proof whatever of mind being a pro- perty dependant upon any arrangement of matter . We ...
Page 41
... existence . Therefore I should rather affirm that the body is infantile with the mind , than that the mind is infantile with the body , and that a fuller and stronger de- monstration of all the powers and faculties of the mind evinces ...
... existence . Therefore I should rather affirm that the body is infantile with the mind , than that the mind is infantile with the body , and that a fuller and stronger de- monstration of all the powers and faculties of the mind evinces ...
Page 42
... existence , but if mind be material , matter must be conscious of its own existence too ; for this consciousness is inseparable from mind , and if mind he com- > posed of matter , that which is inseparable from the 42 MANY THINGS.
... existence , but if mind be material , matter must be conscious of its own existence too ; for this consciousness is inseparable from mind , and if mind he com- > posed of matter , that which is inseparable from the 42 MANY THINGS.
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