“Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense.” DoubtSoberGood Sense Author:Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
“There are two sorts of ignorance: we philosophize to escape ignorance; we start from the one, we repose in the other; they are the goals from which and to which we tend; and the pursuit of knowledge is but a course between two ignorances, as human life is only a traveling from grave to grave.” HumansTwoLife IsCoursesGoalIgnorancePursuitGravesHuman LifeReposePursuit Of Knowledge Author:Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
“An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge.” InstinctAgents Author:Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
“A judgment is the mental act by which one thing is affirmed or denied of another.” One ThingJudgmentDenied Author:Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
“Logic is the science of the laws of thought, as thought,--that is of the necessary conditions to which thought considered in itself is a subject.” LawConditionsSubjectsLogic Author:Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
“Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science, or complement of sciences, exclusively occupied with mind.” MindTermTakenMetaphysicsComplementLatitude Author:Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
“There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice. Each to a certain extent supposes the other. Theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.” CertainPracticeTheoryDistinctionOppositionDependentTheory And Practice Author:Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
“In our natural body every part has a necessary sympathy with every other; and all together form, by their harmonious conspiration, a healthy whole.” WholeBodyTogetherFormNaturalHealthHealthyHarmonious Author:Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
“Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shock, it shines.” TruthShiningShockTorches Author:Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
“The pursuit of knowledge is but a course between two ignorances, as human life is itself only a wayfaring from grave to grave.” HumansTwoLife IsCoursesIgnorancePursuitGravesHuman LifePursuit Of Knowledge Author:Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
“Consummated science is positively humble.” ScienceHumblePositively Author:Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
