The Metaphysics of the School: Book 4. Principles of being; Book 5. Causes of beingMacmillan and Company, 1881 |
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... Operation by which these elements were created was equivalent to that which may be considered as two partial actions , one of which we may conceive as terminated to the concre- ation of matter , the other to a concreative eduction of ...
... Operation by which these elements were created was equivalent to that which may be considered as two partial actions , one of which we may conceive as terminated to the concre- ation of matter , the other to a concreative eduction of ...
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... operation after the six days of Creation . vii . Distinction drawn by St. Thomas between chemical com- pounds and mechanical mixtures . ( The teaching of the Angelic Doctor concerning the nature and constitution of chemical compounds ...
... operation after the six days of Creation . vii . Distinction drawn by St. Thomas between chemical com- pounds and mechanical mixtures . ( The teaching of the Angelic Doctor concerning the nature and constitution of chemical compounds ...
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... operation of bodies , we never can , by our utmost scrutiny , discover anything but one event following another ... operations of mind on body . . . . The authority of the will over our own faculties and ideas is not a whit more ...
... operation of bodies , we never can , by our utmost scrutiny , discover anything but one event following another ... operations of mind on body . . . . The authority of the will over our own faculties and ideas is not a whit more ...
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... operation of the imagination upon like objects . In few words , identity supposes invariableness and uninterruptedness of the object which is supposed to be the same . But there is no real object , as has been shown , save our ...
... operation of the imagination upon like objects . In few words , identity supposes invariableness and uninterruptedness of the object which is supposed to be the same . But there is no real object , as has been shown , save our ...
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... operation , or successiveness . For instance , the cue is the immediate , though instrumental , Principiant of the motion commu- nicated to the billiard - balls ; and the player's ball is relatively Prin- cipiant of the motion ...
... operation , or successiveness . For instance , the cue is the immediate , though instrumental , Principiant of the motion commu- nicated to the billiard - balls ; and the player's ball is relatively Prin- cipiant of the motion ...
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absolutely accident accidental form according action actu actual actuation affirmative agent analytical Judgments Angelic Doctor animal Antecedent argument Aristotle atomic theory atoms autem bodies bodily substance Category causality complete substance compositum concept concreated consequently constitution contradiction declared dependence determined distinct diversity doctrine eduction effect efficient cause elements enim entity essence essential evidence existence fact faculty forma formal cause former Hence human soul idea identity ideo impossible instance intellectual intrinsic Kant Material Cause material substance metaphysical motion necessary object passive potentiality perfection philosophical physical law potentiality of matter predicate present Primordial Matter Principle Principle of contradiction Principle of identity prior priority produced PROLEGOMENON Proposition pure quae quantity quia quod reason receptivity relation secundum sense sensile perception sicut Sir William Hamilton specific nature spiritual Subject subsistence substantial form sunt supposed synthetical term theory thing Thomas tion truth ultimate virtue Wherefore words
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Página 44 - Again ; the mathematical postulate, that " things which are equal to the same are equal to one another," is similar to the form of the syllogism in logic, which unites things agreeing in the middle term.
Página 93 - It must certainly be allowed, that nature has kept us at a great distance from all her secrets, and has afforded us only the knowledge of a few superficial qualities of objects, while she conceals from us those powers and principles on which the influence of these objects entirely depends.
Página 98 - The comparison of the theatre must not mislead us. They are the successive perceptions only, that constitute the mind; nor have we the most distant notion of the place where these scenes are represented, or of the materials of which it is composed.
Página 94 - As to those impressions which arise from the senses, their ultimate cause is, in my opinion, perfectly inexplicable by human reason, and 'twill always be impossible to decide with certainty whether they arise immediately from the object, or are produced by the creative power of the mind, or are derived from the Author of our being.
Página 99 - If any impression gives rise to the idea of self, that impression must continue invariably the same, thro' the whole course of our lives; since self is supposed to exist after that manner. But there is no impression constant and invariable.
Página 101 - When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
Página 94 - But this universal and primary opinion of all men is soon destroyed by the slightest philosophy, which teaches us that nothing can ever be present to the mind but an image or perception...
Página 96 - This variety of terms, which may seem so unphilosophical, is intended only to express that act of the mind, which renders realities, or what is taken for such, more present to us than fictions, causes them to weigh more in the thought, and gives them a superior influence on the passions and imagination.
Página 100 - And thus, though every impression and idea we remember be considered as existent, the idea of existence is not derived from any particular impression. The idea of existence, then, is the very same with the idea of what we conceive to be existent.
Página 97 - ... between it and its supposed effect. The same difficulty occurs in contemplating the operations of mind on body- where we observe the motion of the latter to...