...view, I subjoin a few English statements of it, J. Fcrrier, Institutes of Metaphysic, Proposition i; " Along with whatever any intelligence knows it must, as the ground or condition of its knowledge, hare somc knowledge of itself." Sir Wm. Hamilton, Discussions, p. 47: " We know, and we know that %ve...

...of the series. This is the primary law or condition of all knowledge, and is stated in the words, ' Along with whatever any intelligence knows it must,...of its knowledge, have some cognisance of itself.' What follows is little more than the elaboration of this statement Ferrier has not only an epistemology,...

...which we receive the demonstrated theorems of geometry. The author starts with the single axiom : " Along with whatever any intelligence knows, it must,...the ground or condition of its knowledge, have some cognizance of itself." From this postulate, (axiom we with him believe it to be,) he deduces his entire...

...conclusions. The author's first proposition in the "Epistemology or Theory of Knowing" is stated thus: "Along with whatever any intelligence knows, it must,...the ground or condition of its knowledge, have some cognizance of itself," and from this "primary law or condition of all knowledge" we are led unfalteringly...

...which is not demonstrated, but taken as self-evident, is that which stands first in the work, viz., ' Along with whatever any intelligence knows, it must,...the ground or condition of its knowledge, have some cognizance of itself.' This proposition is the beginning and the end, the sun, soul, and centre of...

...object pure and simple, as the common-sense philosophy teaches. Ferrier says: "Along with whatever my intelligence knows, it must, as the ground or condition...of its knowledge, have some cognisance of itself." This is his fundamental principle, as set forth in his Institutes of Metaphysics. This was the keystone...