The Metaphysics of AristotleG. Bell and Sons, 1896 - 445 pages |
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... merely with itsdignity ; bear their testimony to the particular fact of a particular sensation , but say nothing ... mere impulse of habit ; so that , in short , what sheds such lustre on Metaphysics as a science , what imparts such ...
... merely with itsdignity ; bear their testimony to the particular fact of a particular sensation , but say nothing ... mere impulse of habit ; so that , in short , what sheds such lustre on Metaphysics as a science , what imparts such ...
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... merely from the fact of their not being engaged in active life , but their being allowed to live , by the liberality of the State , in the enjoyment of leisure . But , admitting this , is not specu lation a higher region for the range ...
... merely from the fact of their not being engaged in active life , but their being allowed to live , by the liberality of the State , in the enjoyment of leisure . But , admitting this , is not specu lation a higher region for the range ...
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... merely recognised the material one . This indubitably appears to be true of the very early philosophers ; but is to be received , perhaps , with some modification in the case of those of more modern date ; for instance , the followers ...
... merely recognised the material one . This indubitably appears to be true of the very early philosophers ; but is to be received , perhaps , with some modification in the case of those of more modern date ; for instance , the followers ...
Page xxi
... merely putting forward this principle , but along with it a different one , namely , such a one as would account for ... mere extension of the conclusions he had arrived at in regard of universal definitions . As to the points of contact ...
... merely putting forward this principle , but along with it a different one , namely , such a one as would account for ... mere extension of the conclusions he had arrived at in regard of universal definitions . As to the points of contact ...
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... merely one , as Empedocles does , nor even by a dualism of such prin ciples , as in the theory of Anaxagoras . And here , again , Aristotle has to repeat the grand 47. The grand lurking imperfection in all such systems , namely , that ...
... merely one , as Empedocles does , nor even by a dualism of such prin ciples , as in the theory of Anaxagoras . And here , again , Aristotle has to repeat the grand 47. The grand lurking imperfection in all such systems , namely , that ...
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