On Truth: A Systematic InquiryKegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1889 - 580 pagini |
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Pagina 48
... cause , then God , if he exists , must also have a cause , and that cause must have another cause , and so on for ever . Nevertheless , though our minds are far from seeing the evident truth of the assertion , " everything has a cause ...
... cause , then God , if he exists , must also have a cause , and that cause must have another cause , and so on for ever . Nevertheless , though our minds are far from seeing the evident truth of the assertion , " everything has a cause ...
Pagina 49
... cause , then , must be something which exists , and whatever does not exist cannot be a cause . Therefore anything which comes newly into being cannot be caused by itself , because it could not have acted before it was . It must , then ...
... cause , then , must be something which exists , and whatever does not exist cannot be a cause . Therefore anything which comes newly into being cannot be caused by itself , because it could not have acted before it was . It must , then ...
Pagina 50
... cause or causes external to it . Only some- thing which is absolutely simple , indivisible , and eternal , can escape from this law of universal causation . This perception of the need of a cause , is not a mere negative condition , due ...
... cause or causes external to it . Only some- thing which is absolutely simple , indivisible , and eternal , can escape from this law of universal causation . This perception of the need of a cause , is not a mere negative condition , due ...
Pagina 51
... cause , which is as certain as is the law of contradiction itself ; for if that which has as yet no existence could nevertheless be a cause , then it would no longer be the case that nothing can at the same time both be and not be . The ...
... cause , which is as certain as is the law of contradiction itself ; for if that which has as yet no existence could nevertheless be a cause , then it would no longer be the case that nothing can at the same time both be and not be . The ...
Pagina 66
... causes and conditions , the same events will ensue , is universal and confident . Moreover , a basis for this belief ... cause . If , then , there is no difference ( ie . no change of conditions ) between one set of antecedents and ...
... causes and conditions , the same events will ensue , is universal and confident . Moreover , a basis for this belief ... cause . If , then , there is no difference ( ie . no change of conditions ) between one set of antecedents and ...
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