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It is also the doctrine of Platonic philo . sophers , that intellect is the very life of
living things , the first principle and exemplar of all , from whence by different
degrees are derived the inferior classes of life ; first the rational , then the
sensitive ...
It is also the doctrine of Platonic philo . sophers , that intellect is the very life of
living things , the first principle and exemplar of all , from whence by different
degrees are derived the inferior classes of life ; first the rational , then the
sensitive ...
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doctrine implies that all the faculties , instincts , and motions of inferior beings , in
their several respective subordinations , are derived from , and depend upon
mind and intellect . ' 276 . Both Stoics and Platonics held the world to be alive ...
doctrine implies that all the faculties , instincts , and motions of inferior beings , in
their several respective subordinations , are derived from , and depend upon
mind and intellect . ' 276 . Both Stoics and Platonics held the world to be alive ...
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this in fact is Aristotle ' s own doctrine in his chird book De anima , where he also
afferts , with Plato , that actual knowledge and the thing known are all one : Tó
autò dé ésiy xat ' éréegelau étis¸ren two wesyual . Whence it follows that the ...
this in fact is Aristotle ' s own doctrine in his chird book De anima , where he also
afferts , with Plato , that actual knowledge and the thing known are all one : Tó
autò dé ésiy xat ' éréegelau étis¸ren two wesyual . Whence it follows that the ...
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And this was the tenet of those ancient philosophers In the Platonic doctrine , the
generation of the vgs of nógos was not contingent but necessary , not temporary
but from everlasting . There never was a time supposed wherein to èv subsisted ...
And this was the tenet of those ancient philosophers In the Platonic doctrine , the
generation of the vgs of nógos was not contingent but necessary , not temporary
but from everlasting . There never was a time supposed wherein to èv subsisted ...
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... is not the cause of any created thing ; but that he produced or made the word ;
and that all created beings were made by the word , which is accordingly styled
the cause of all causes : and that this was also the doctrine of the Chald¿ans .
... is not the cause of any created thing ; but that he produced or made the word ;
and that all created beings were made by the word , which is accordingly styled
the cause of all causes : and that this was also the doctrine of the Chald¿ans .
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Reprinted for W. Innys, 1744 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 10 okt. 2008 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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