Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 1First edition of this autobiography in discourse. |
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Page 120
... existence of an infinite spirit , of an intel- ligent and holy will , must on this system be mere articulated motions of the air . For as the function of the human understanding is no other than merely ( to appear to itself ) to combine ...
... existence of an infinite spirit , of an intel- ligent and holy will , must on this system be mere articulated motions of the air . For as the function of the human understanding is no other than merely ( to appear to itself ) to combine ...
Page 121
... existence and attributes of God , with which his second volume commences , he makes no reference to the principles or results of the first . Nay , he assumes , as his founda- tions , ideas which , if we embrace the doctrines of his ...
... existence and attributes of God , with which his second volume commences , he makes no reference to the principles or results of the first . Nay , he assumes , as his founda- tions , ideas which , if we embrace the doctrines of his ...
Page 125
... existence in time was the circumstance , that enabled me to recollect them ; and equally conscious am I , that the latter was recalled to me by the joint operation of likeness and con- trast . So it is with cause and effect ; so too ...
... existence in time was the circumstance , that enabled me to recollect them ; and equally conscious am I , that the latter was recalled to me by the joint operation of likeness and con- trast . So it is with cause and effect ; so too ...
Page 133
... association demands and presupposes the existence of the thoughts and images to be associated . - 2 . The hypothe- sis of an external world exactly correspondent to those images K 3 133 Thus as materialism has been generally taught, ...
... association demands and presupposes the existence of the thoughts and images to be associated . - 2 . The hypothe- sis of an external world exactly correspondent to those images K 3 133 Thus as materialism has been generally taught, ...
Page 134
... existence of an original ; the copyist of Raphael's Transfiguration must repeat more or less perfectly the process of Raphael . It would be easy to explain a thought from the image on the retina , and that from the geometry of light ...
... existence of an original ; the copyist of Raphael's Transfiguration must repeat more or less perfectly the process of Raphael . It would be easy to explain a thought from the image on the retina , and that from the geometry of light ...
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Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions No preview available - 2020 |
Biographia Literaria Or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Samuel Taylor Coleridge No preview available - 2019 |
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