On Truth: A Systematic InquiryKegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1889 - 580 pagini |
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Pagina 7
... reason and in language , however he might verbally deny it . Universal scepticism is foolish , because it refutes itself . If a sceptic says , " Nothing is certain , " he thereby asserts the certainty of uncertainty . He makes an ...
... reason and in language , however he might verbally deny it . Universal scepticism is foolish , because it refutes itself . If a sceptic says , " Nothing is certain , " he thereby asserts the certainty of uncertainty . He makes an ...
Pagina 9
... reason- ing , we must show that it necessarily follows as a conse- quence from other truths on the truth of which its own truth depends . Such other truths must therefore be deemed more indisputable than the thing they are called in to ...
... reason- ing , we must show that it necessarily follows as a conse- quence from other truths on the truth of which its own truth depends . Such other truths must therefore be deemed more indisputable than the thing they are called in to ...
Pagina 10
... reason for accept- ing it with those who already believe in " an all - wise and benevolent Creator . " That it cannot claim universal acceptance , however , is clear from the fact that so many books have been written to refute persons ...
... reason for accept- ing it with those who already believe in " an all - wise and benevolent Creator . " That it cannot claim universal acceptance , however , is clear from the fact that so many books have been written to refute persons ...
Pagina 16
... reasons hereafter stated , be given up as one essentially insoluble . The second reason is the circumstance that very eminent , highly intellectual men have denied , and do deny , the supreme certainty of our self - knowledge . Now , it ...
... reasons hereafter stated , be given up as one essentially insoluble . The second reason is the circumstance that very eminent , highly intellectual men have denied , and do deny , the supreme certainty of our self - knowledge . Now , it ...
Pagina 18
... reason on its side . It has also right and reason on its side when it goes on to affirm that we cannot know ourselves apart from our various states of feeling and apart from the different modifications we undergo . The reader will ...
... reason on its side . It has also right and reason on its side when it goes on to affirm that we cannot know ourselves apart from our various states of feeling and apart from the different modifications we undergo . The reader will ...
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