 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1859 - 1126 oldal
...consciousness or not, is itself a relation." pp. 77, 78. Again : " Let us however suppose * •.• • the existence of the Absolute securely established...becoming a cause, has lost its original perfection. There remains only the supposition that the two states are equal, and the act of creation one of complete... | |
 | 1858 - 422 oldal
...existence in the cause. The validity of this alternative will be examined presently '" and further on, " If the condition of causal activity is a higher state...becoming a cause has lost its original perfection. There remains only the supposition that the two states are equal, and the act of creation one of complete... | |
 | Henry Longueville Mansel - 1859 - 378 oldal
...Unfortunately, the Pantheist does not tell us whence all this delusion derives its seeming existence. Let us however suppose for an instant that these difficulties...becoming a cause, has lost its original perfection. <32) There remains only the supposition that the two states are equal, and the act of creation one... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1859 - 1136 oldal
...this idea with that of a Cause : we have done nothing towards explaining how thi absolute can give rue to the relative, the infinite to the finite. If the...becoming a cause, has lost its original perfection. There remains only the supposition that the two states are equal, and the act of creation one of complete... | |
 | Henry Longueville Mansel - 1859 - 376 oldal
...finite. If the condition of causal activity is a higher state LECT. II. IN THE IDEA OF THE ABSOLUTE. 35 than that of quiescence, the Absolute, whether acting...becoming a cause, has lost its original perfection (32). There remains only the supposition that the two states are equal, and the act of creation one... | |
 | Henry Longueville Mansel - 1860 - 389 oldal
...Unfortunately, the Pantheist does not tell us whence all this delusion derives its seeming existence. Let us however suppose for an instant that these difficulties...becoming a cause, has lost its original perfection. <82) There remains only the supposition that the two states are equal, and the act of creation one... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1860 - 562 oldal
...perfection ; and therefore was not originally perfect. If the state of activity is an inferior state of quiescence, the Absolute, in becoming a cause, has lost its original perfection. There remains only the supposition that the two states are equal, and the act of creation one of complete... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1862 - 528 oldal
...the absolute can give rise to the relative, the infinite to the finite. If the con diiion of casual activity is a higher state than that of quiescence,...becoming a cause, has lost its original perfection. There remains only the supposition that the two states are equal, and the act of creation one of complete... | |
 | 1862 - 978 oldal
...involuntarily, has passed from a condition of comparative imperfection to one of comparative pei-fection ; and therefore was not originally perfect. If the state of activity is an inferior state to that of quiesencc. the absolute, in becoming a cause, has lost its original perfection," It is enough to make... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1864 - 650 oldal
...infinitely good; and if he wills it not, his will is thwarted and his sphere of action limited?" * * * " Let us, however, suppose for an instant that these...becoming a cause, has lost its original perfection. There remains only the supposition that the two states are equal, and the act of creation one of complete... | |
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If the condition of causal activity is a higher state than that of quiescence, the Absolute, whether acting voluntarily or involuntarily, has passed from a condition of comparative imperfection to one of comparative perfection; and therefore was not originally... 
