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While the works of the material world are appealing to the common mind in behalf of the Great First Cause , those of the intellectual creation will be equally efficacious in sapping the foundations of philosophical scepticism .
While the works of the material world are appealing to the common mind in behalf of the Great First Cause , those of the intellectual creation will be equally efficacious in sapping the foundations of philosophical scepticism .
Page 282
After overturning every hypothesis of the structure of the mind under which the materialist can find shelter , Lord Brougham proceeds to show that the evidence of the mind's existence is complete in itself , and wholly independent of ...
After overturning every hypothesis of the structure of the mind under which the materialist can find shelter , Lord Brougham proceeds to show that the evidence of the mind's existence is complete in itself , and wholly independent of ...
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The circumstance of our not being able in the morning to recall the operations of the mind during the preceding night , is no more a proof that we have not been dreaming , than the same inability to recollect our day dreams , is a proof ...
The circumstance of our not being able in the morning to recall the operations of the mind during the preceding night , is no more a proof that we have not been dreaming , than the same inability to recollect our day dreams , is a proof ...
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Contents
Sir Thomas Brownes Works including his Life | 1 |
Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan and on the site | 35 |
Poggii Epistolæ Editas collegit et emendavit pleras | 60 |
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