 Of that we have sufficient evidence in this life. And so a man who dies after acquiring knowledge — and all men acquire some — might enter his new life, deprived indeed of his knowledge, but not deprived of the increased strength and delicacy of mind...  Julius Le Vallon: An Episode - Page 285by Algernon Blackwood - 1916 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Synthetic Society - 1909 - 582 pages
...wisely conducted, may strengthen the mind. Of that we have sufficient evidence in this life. And so a man who dies after acquiring knowledge — and all...second life, because of what has happened in the first. Progress, therefore, has not perished with memory. Of course, in losing the actual knowledge he loses... | |
 | Theosophy - 1920 - 406 pages
...judgments. It depends primarily on a mind qualified to deal with facts, and to form judgments. . . And so a man who dies after acquiring knowledge — and all...he loses something in losing the actual knowledge. . . And is not this loss really a gain? For the mere accumulation of knowledge, if memory never ceased,... | |
 | John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart - Philosophy - 1906 - 332 pages
...wisely conducted, may strengthen the mind. Of that we have sufficient evidence in this life. And so a man who dies after acquiring knowledge — and all...loses something in losing the actual knowledge. But it is sufficient if he does not lose all. Most progress is like the advance of a tide, whose waves... | |
 | Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison - Philosophy - 1907 - 396 pages
...mind and character may be carried forward into the next life, so that the man will be wiser and better in the second life because of what has happened in the first. He will, as it were, have a better start ; he will build in the new life upon the foundations laid... | |
 | Algernon Blackwood - 1916 - 370 pages
...increased strength and delicacy of mind which he had gained in acquiring the knowledge. And if so, lie will be wiser in the second life because of what has...knowledge. . . . But . . . is not even this loss really a gain ? For the mere accumulation of knowledge, if memory never ceased, would soon become overwhelming,... | |
 | Charlie Dunbar Broad - Ontology - 1927 - 536 pages
...may strengthen the mind. Of that we have sufficient experience in this life. And so a man who died after acquiring knowledge — and all men acquire...loses something in losing the actual knowledge. But it is sufficient if he does not lose all. Most progress is by means of oscillation, and is only progress... | |
 | Theosophy - 1920 - 412 pages
...judgments. It depends primarily on a mind qualified to deal with facts, and to form judgments. . . And so a man who dies after acquiring knowledge — and all...he loses something in losing the actual knowledge. . . And is not this loss really a gain? For the mere accumulation of knowledge, if memory never ceased,... | |
 | Ethics - 1905 - 572 pages
...deprived of the increased strength and delicacy of mind which he had gained in acquiring the knowlege. And, if so, he will be wiser in the second life, because of what has happened in the first. Progress, therefore, has not perished with memory. Of course, in losing the actual knowledge he loses... | |
 | John McTaggart, John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart, Ellis McTaggart - Philosophy - 1988 - 542 pages
...life, deprived indeed of his knowledge, but not deprived of the increased strength and delicacy oi mind which he had gained in acquiring the knowledge....loses something in losing the actual knowledge. But it is sufficient if he does not lose all. Most progress is by means of oscillation, and is only progress... | |
 | 1921 - 536 pages
...may strengthen the mind. Of that we have sufficient experience in this life. And so a man who died after acquiring knowledge — and all men acquire...loses something in losing the actual knowledge. But it is sufficient if he does not lose all. Most progress is by means of oscillation, and is only progress... | |
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