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... words , of facts , and the sequences which connect them ; and who attempted to prove that this was equally true of the world of mind as of matter . From the one realm as well as the other he cast out all ideas of substance and cause ...
... words , of facts , and the sequences which connect them ; and who attempted to prove that this was equally true of the world of mind as of matter . From the one realm as well as the other he cast out all ideas of substance and cause ...
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... word of all meaning by making a cause nothing but an invariable antecedent . To the purely physical philosopher force can be nothing but a transition of conditions . Turn up the mere soil of physics in any direction , analyse to the ...
... word of all meaning by making a cause nothing but an invariable antecedent . To the purely physical philosopher force can be nothing but a transition of conditions . Turn up the mere soil of physics in any direction , analyse to the ...
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... words , brings them under law . Law is essentially a rational concept , which no mere observation of phenomena can yield . We bring it to nature , otherwise nature could never give us it . We add the light of Reason to nature's order of ...
... words , brings them under law . Law is essentially a rational concept , which no mere observation of phenomena can yield . We bring it to nature , otherwise nature could never give us it . We add the light of Reason to nature's order of ...
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... words , if we are to cast away Metaphysic , we must not keep its old clothes . The truth is , that we can never be quit of Meta- physic for the sake of science itself . Science not only roots itself in metaphysical ideas such as those ...
... words , if we are to cast away Metaphysic , we must not keep its old clothes . The truth is , that we can never be quit of Meta- physic for the sake of science itself . Science not only roots itself in metaphysical ideas such as those ...
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... of their being precisely measurable , or , in other words , invariable , that they are able to use them with suc- 1 Reign of Law , p . 98 . cessful effect . And the operation of the Divine Mind 68 AUGUSTE COMTE AND POSITIVISM .
... of their being precisely measurable , or , in other words , invariable , that they are able to use them with suc- 1 Reign of Law , p . 98 . cessful effect . And the operation of the Divine Mind 68 AUGUSTE COMTE AND POSITIVISM .
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