 The true incomprehensibility perhaps is, that something which has ceased, or is not yet in existence, can still be, in a manner, present ; that a series of feelings, the infinitely greater part of which is past or future, can be gathered up, as it were,...  Recent British Philosophy: A Review, with Criticisms; Including Some ... - 339. oldalszerző: David Masson - 1865 - 414 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | William James - 2007 - 709 oldal
...infinitely greater part of which is past or future, can be gathered up, as it were, into a simple present conception, accompanied by a belief of reality. I think by far the wisest thing we can rto is to accept the inexplicable fact, without any theory of how it takes place ; and when we are... | |
 | Gail Kennedy - 1928 - 86 oldal
...infinitely greater part of which is past or future, can be gathered up, as it were, into a single present conception, accompanied by a belief of reality. I...in terms which assume a theory, to use them with a reservation as to their meaning."4 Mill believes that this conception of substance as permanent possibilities... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1874 - 820 oldal
...have by nature, " a stumbling block," instead of a foundation tor philosophy. I think with Mill that " by far the wisest thing we can do is to accept the inexplicable fact, without any theory how it takes place " (p. 248) ; but it is not to assume a theory, if we accept self not merely, with... | |
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