The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... nature , since he founded the university of Halle as a school of liberal theology , established academies of art and science at Berlin , and patronized men of literary eminence . In this he was perhaps mainly inspired by his talented ...
... nature , since he founded the university of Halle as a school of liberal theology , established academies of art and science at Berlin , and patronized men of literary eminence . In this he was perhaps mainly inspired by his talented ...
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... nature imperishable : while many modifications of con- sciousness sink only into obliviscence , many , we may well suppose , lapse into complete oblivion and from that there is no recall . Secondly , to any one addicted to the atomistic ...
... nature imperishable : while many modifications of con- sciousness sink only into obliviscence , many , we may well suppose , lapse into complete oblivion and from that there is no recall . Secondly , to any one addicted to the atomistic ...
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... nature . " 3 But what he seems to overlook is that , whereas there can be a mere sensation red - and such a presentation may for present purposes be regarded as simple we can only have an image or representation of a red thing or a red ...
... nature . " 3 But what he seems to overlook is that , whereas there can be a mere sensation red - and such a presentation may for present purposes be regarded as simple we can only have an image or representation of a red thing or a red ...
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... nature of inten- sity , but it is an intensity very partially and indirectly determined by that of the original impression ; it depends much more upon the state of the memory - continuum and the attention the idea receives . The range ...
... nature of inten- sity , but it is an intensity very partially and indirectly determined by that of the original impression ; it depends much more upon the state of the memory - continuum and the attention the idea receives . The range ...
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... nature of expectation while expectation lasts . We shall continue this inquiry to most advantage by now widening it into an examination of the distinction of present , past , and future . To a being whose presenta- tions never passed ...
... nature of expectation while expectation lasts . We shall continue this inquiry to most advantage by now widening it into an examination of the distinction of present , past , and future . To a being whose presenta- tions never passed ...
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