 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1855 - 568 pàgines
...possibly remediable." — p. 402. Proposition III. follows close on the heels of these two : — " We can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known ; in other words, there can bean ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge. " DEMONSTRATION. " If we could be ignorant... | |
 | John Kitto - 1866 - 524 pàgines
...the late Professor Ferrier, has, in his Institutes of Metaphysic, the following proposition :— " We can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known;...ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge." m ™ Irntitutes. Theory of Ignorance, Proposition iii. In his explanation of this proposition, he... | |
 | James Frederick Ferrier - 1854 - 514 pàgines
...be possessed by any intelligence. But all ignorance is possibly remediable (by Prop. II.) Therefore, we can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known...ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge. OBSERVATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS. 1. This is the most important proposition in the agnoiology = indeed,... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1855 - 570 pàgines
...possibly remediable." — p. 402. Proposition III. follows close on the heels of these two : — " "We can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known...knowledge in which we were deficient could not be 330 Ferrier's Institutes of Metaphysic. [July, possessed by any intelligence. But all ignorance is... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1855 - 572 pàgines
...possessed by any intelligence. But all ignorance is possibly remediable (by Prop. II.). Therefore, we can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known...ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge. " OBSERVATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS. " This is the most important proposition in the agnoiology : indeed,... | |
 | 1855 - 946 pàgines
...there can be a knowledge of things only with the addition of a self or subject ; and secondly, that there can be an ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge, he will find himself in possession of a lever powerful enough to break open the innermost secrecies... | |
 | James Frederick Ferrier - 1856 - 610 pàgines
...is s«ond coon. thus marked for th '•* assigned. tlon, PROPOSITION III. THE LAW OF ALL IGNORANCE. We can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known...in which we were deficient could not be possessed by any intelligence. But all ignorance is possibly remediable (by Prop. II.) Therefore, we can be ignorant... | |
 | James Frederick Ferrier - 1856 - 582 pàgines
...there can be a knowledge of things only with the addition of a self or subject ; and, secondly, that there can be an ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge — he will find himself in possession of a lever powerful enough » to break open the innermost secresies... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1873 - 552 pàgines
...nescience properly expresses that which is beyond the possibility of knowledge. In truth, there can really be an ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge. ' The ignorance,' says Ferrier, ' which is a defect, must not be confounded with the nescience of the... | |
 | 1866 - 526 pàgines
...the late Professor Terrier, has, in his Institutes of Metaphysic, the following proposition : — " We can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known...only of that of which there can be a knowledge."™ ™ Imtitutei. Theory of Ignorance, Proposition iii. In his explanation of this proposition, he remarks... | |
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Therefore, we can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known ; in other words, there can be an ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge. 
