 | 1880 - 892 Seiten
...synthesis (union) in thought of finite wholes, which would of itself require an infinite time for its accomplishment; nor, for the same reason, can we follow...result is the same, whether we apply the process to litimatiou in красе, in Unie, or in degree. The unconditional negation, and the unconditional... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1882 - 652 Seiten
...infinite synthesis in thought of finite wholes, which would itself require an infinite time for its accomplishment ; nor, for the same reason, can we follow out in thought un infinite divisibility of parts. The result is the same, whcther we apply the process to limitation... | |
 | William David Ground - 1883 - 394 Seiten
...infinite synthesis in thought of finite wholes, which would itself require an infinite time for its accomplishment ; nor, for the same reason, can we...affirmation of limitation ; in other words the infinite and absolute properly so called, are thus equally inconceivable to us V " A few lines later Hamilton says... | |
 | William David Ground - 1883 - 392 Seiten
...for its accomplishment ; nor, for the same reason, can we follow out in t "First Principles," p. 73. thought an infinite divisibility of parts. The result...whether we apply the process to limitation in space, in lime, or in degree. The unconditional negation, and the unconditional affirmation of limitation ; in... | |
 | Philosophical Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1883 - 440 Seiten
...years." *Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON has well remarked (in his Essay on the "Philosophy of the Unconditioned"): "The Infinite and the Absolute (properly so called) are thus equally inconceivable to us. ... "We are thus taught the salutary lesson that the capacity of thought is not to be constituted into... | |
 | 1883 - 810 Seiten
...WILLIAM HAMILTON has well remarked (in his Essay on the "Philosophy of the Unconditioned"): :i Tho Infinite and the Absolute (properly so called) are thus equally inconceivable to us. - - - We are thus taught the salutary lesson that the capacity of thought is not to be constituted... | |
 | 1886 - 852 Seiten
...synthesis (union) in thought of finite wholes, which would of itself require an infinite time for its accomplishment ; nor, for the same reason, can we...other words, the Infinite and the Absolute, properly to called, are thus equally inconceivable to us.' — Discussions, j>. 13, 2d edition. The fundamental... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1886 - 662 Seiten
...infinite synthesis in thought of finite wholes, which would itself require an infinite time for its accomplishment ; nor, for the same reason, can we...unconditional affirmation of limitation ; in other words, the infinitf and absolute, properly so called, are thus equally inconceivable to us. " A« the conditionally... | |
 | 1887 - 472 Seiten
...infinite synthesis in thought of finite wholes, which would itself require an infinite time for its accomplishment ; nor, for the same reason, can we...properly so called, are thus equally inconceivable to us. 'As the conditionally limited (which we may briefly call the Conditioned) ia thus the only possible... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1889 - 700 Seiten
...same, whether we apply the process " to limitation in space, in time, or in degree. The un" conditional negation, and the unconditional affirmation " of limitation;...the " Absolute properly so called, are thus equally incon" ceivable to us." This argument, that the Infinite and the Absolute are unknowable by us because... | |
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... an infinite whole, for this could only be done by the infinite synthesis in thought of finite wholes, which would itself require an infinite time for its accomplishment ; nor, for the same reason, can we follow out in thought an infinite divisibility... 
