First and Fundamental Truths: Being a Treatise on Metaphysics

abstract admit affirm Agnosticism appears apprehend Aristotle axioms believe body called causation cause CHAPTER conceive conscience consciousness contemplation contradiction declare deny Descartes discover distinction Divine doctrine effect error evidence evil exercise existence experience extended external faculties faith feeling Fichte give Gnosiology Hamilton Hegel human ideas implies independent individual infinite infinity intellectual intelligent intuitive convictions intuitive knowledge involved J. S. Mill JAMES MCCOSH judgments Kant knowledge known law of contradiction law of identity Leibnitz Locke logical look maintain maxim means ment mental metaphysicians Metaphysics mind moral convictions nature necessary truth necessity never notion objects observation Ontology organism original pantheism Parmenides perceive perception philosophy phrase Plato posteriori present principles priori propositions qualities reality reason regard relations scepticism self-evident sensation sense space speaking speculative substance supposed things thought tion tive true universal whole καὶ τὰ