The Metaphysics of AristotleG. Bell and Sons, 1896 - 445 pages |
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... nature of truth - Its practical Absurdities - Sensational origin of Scepticism - Attack on Heraclitus - Theory of the Apparent as True- Arguments against this Theory - No mean between Contradiction - Recapitulation Pp . 79-110 . BOOK IV ...
... nature of truth - Its practical Absurdities - Sensational origin of Scepticism - Attack on Heraclitus - Theory of the Apparent as True- Arguments against this Theory - No mean between Contradiction - Recapitulation Pp . 79-110 . BOOK IV ...
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... nature of Energy - When have we a Substance in Capacity ? — Energy prior to Capacity - In definition , time , and substance - Eternal existences prove this - Energy superior to Capacity - Relation of Actuality to Capacity- Akin to that ...
... nature of Energy - When have we a Substance in Capacity ? — Energy prior to Capacity - In definition , time , and substance - Eternal existences prove this - Energy superior to Capacity - Relation of Actuality to Capacity- Akin to that ...
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... nature of the inquiry undertaken in this Preface . Treatise , and he thereby calculated on enlisting the sympathy of his readers in its behalf . Moreover , by thus arraying Metaphysics in an attractive garb , he was enabled to answer ...
... nature of the inquiry undertaken in this Preface . Treatise , and he thereby calculated on enlisting the sympathy of his readers in its behalf . Moreover , by thus arraying Metaphysics in an attractive garb , he was enabled to answer ...
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... nature , fitted to be a regulator - so to speak - to all other systems of knowledge . As in the external world , mind rules rightfully over matter ; and , as in ourselves , intellect - if its sway be not usurped by passion - exercises ...
... nature , fitted to be a regulator - so to speak - to all other systems of knowledge . As in the external world , mind rules rightfully over matter ; and , as in ourselves , intellect - if its sway be not usurped by passion - exercises ...
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... natural yearnings and desires , ought to command the attention of all who wish really to act up to the law of their being , and to march onwards towards that perfection of their social ard intellectual principles to which Nature points ...
... natural yearnings and desires , ought to command the attention of all who wish really to act up to the law of their being , and to march onwards towards that perfection of their social ard intellectual principles to which Nature points ...
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