The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart, Esq. F.R.SS.: Elements of the philosophy of the human mind ... to which is prefixed introduction and part first of the Outlines of moral philosophy (1854)Thomas Constable and Company; Hamilton, Adams, & Company, London, 1854 |
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Σελίδα 25
... whole , does of itself import ? And he that knows that the word whole stands for what is made up of all its parts , knows very little less than that the whole is equal to all its parts . ' And upon the same ground , I think that this ...
... whole , does of itself import ? And he that knows that the word whole stands for what is made up of all its parts , knows very little less than that the whole is equal to all its parts . ' And upon the same ground , I think that this ...
Σελίδα 27
... whole is greater than a part ; ' and , in brief , all axioms in arithmetic and geometry . These are , in effect , but so many different expositions of our own general notions taken in different views . Some of them are no more than ...
... whole is greater than a part ; ' and , in brief , all axioms in arithmetic and geometry . These are , in effect , but so many different expositions of our own general notions taken in different views . Some of them are no more than ...
Σελίδα 28
... whole in the one , is regarded as a part of something else in the other ; such pro- positions lead to the discovery of innumerable and apparently remote relations . One added to four may be accounted no other than a definition of the ...
... whole in the one , is regarded as a part of something else in the other ; such pro- positions lead to the discovery of innumerable and apparently remote relations . One added to four may be accounted no other than a definition of the ...
Σελίδα 29
... whole is greater than a part , " and that " Things equal to the same thing are equal to one another ; " - propositions which , however clearly their truth be implied in the meaning of the terms of which they consist , cannot cer- tainly ...
... whole is greater than a part , " and that " Things equal to the same thing are equal to one another ; " - propositions which , however clearly their truth be implied in the meaning of the terms of which they consist , cannot cer- tainly ...
Σελίδα 31
... whole body of that science . " 1 6 That there is something fundamentally erroneous in these very strong statements with respect to the relation which Euclid's axioms bear to the geometrical theorems which follow , appears sufficiently ...
... whole body of that science . " 1 6 That there is something fundamentally erroneous in these very strong statements with respect to the relation which Euclid's axioms bear to the geometrical theorems which follow , appears sufficiently ...
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Σελίδα 71 - For if we will reflect on our own ways of thinking, we shall find, that sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention of any other : and this I think we may call intuitive knowledge.
Σελίδα 271 - As in mathematics, so in natural philosophy, the investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis, ought ever to precede the method of composition. This analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from them by induction, and admitting of no objections against the conclusions, but such as are taken from experiments, or other certain truths.
Σελίδα 80 - I demonstrated the proposition of the abstract idea of a triangle. [And here it must be acknowledged that a man may consider a figure merely as triangular, without attending to the particular qualities of the angles, or relations of the sides. So far he may abstract; but this will never prove that he can frame an abstract, general, inconsistent idea of a triangle.
Σελίδα 6 - There wanted yet the master-work, the end Of all yet done ; a creature, who not prone And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason, might erect His stature, and upright with front serene Govern the rest, self-knowing ; and from thence Magnanimous to correspond with heaven...
Σελίδα 144 - If a straight line meet two straight lines, so as to make the two interior angles on the same side of it taken together less than two right angles...
Σελίδα 270 - And although the arguing from experiments and observations by induction be no demonstration of general conclusions, yet it is the best way of arguing which the nature of things admits of, and may be looked upon as so much the stronger, by how much the induction is more general.
Σελίδα 220 - There are men whose powers operate only at leisure and in retirement, and whose intellectual vigour deserts them in conversation; whom merriment confuses, and objection disconcerts; whose bashfulness restrains their exertion, and suffers them not to speak till the time of speaking is past ; or whose attention to their own character makes them unwilling to utter at hazard what has not been considered, and cannot be recalled.
Σελίδα 107 - When a man deliberates concerning his conduct in any particular affair, and forms schemes in politics, trade, economy, or any business in life, he never ought to draw his arguments too fine, or connect too long a chain of consequences together. Something is sure to happen, that will disconcert his reasoning, and produce an event different from what he expected. But when we reason upon general subjects, one may justly affirm, that our speculations can...
Σελίδα 371 - You would perceive, by the sample I have given you, that I make Cleanthes the hero of the dialogue. Whatever you can think of to strengthen that side of the argument, will be most acceptable to me.
Σελίδα 401 - Can you pretend to show any such similarity between the fabric of a house and the generation of a universe? Have you ever seen nature in any such situation as resembles the first arrangement of the elements? Have worlds ever been formed under your eye, and have you had leisure to observe the whole progress of the phenomenon, from the first appearance of order to its final consummation? If you have, then cite your experience and deliver your theory.