The Metaphysics of AristotleG. Bell and Sons, 1896 - 445 pages |
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Page xxx
... suppose that the principles of mortals and eternals are the same , how are we to account for the difference in kind that subsists between the two , - what is the cause of this difference ? The old Theogonists gave a silly solution of ...
... suppose that the principles of mortals and eternals are the same , how are we to account for the difference in kind that subsists between the two , - what is the cause of this difference ? The old Theogonists gave a silly solution of ...
Page xxxiv
... suppose at all that being and not being1 are the same , whether we assume such as being the case nominally or really , that such a supposition is entirely repugnant to every human being who has not thought proper to pervert his notions ...
... suppose at all that being and not being1 are the same , whether we assume such as being the case nominally or really , that such a supposition is entirely repugnant to every human being who has not thought proper to pervert his notions ...
Page xliii
... suppose that matter was the entire subject , and consequently constituted substance ; but there is something else essential to the phenomenal manifestation of the matter , but inseparable from it , and that is the form ; so that when we ...
... suppose that matter was the entire subject , and consequently constituted substance ; but there is something else essential to the phenomenal manifestation of the matter , but inseparable from it , and that is the form ; so that when we ...
Page xlviii
... the phenomenon itself it would be a contradiction of the testimony of our senses to suppose coul be different from what it is . Our busi ness with it is to try and discover , if xlviii [ BOOK VL ANALYSIS OF ARISTOTLES METAPHYSICS .
... the phenomenon itself it would be a contradiction of the testimony of our senses to suppose coul be different from what it is . Our busi ness with it is to try and discover , if xlviii [ BOOK VL ANALYSIS OF ARISTOTLES METAPHYSICS .
Page lxix
... suppose the Infinite to constitute a composite nature ; for how , as is essential to our notion of what is compound , would the elements of the Infinite , supposing it of this description , be limited in their number- how would we ...
... suppose the Infinite to constitute a composite nature ; for how , as is essential to our notion of what is compound , would the elements of the Infinite , supposing it of this description , be limited in their number- how would we ...
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