...effects or Definition of . . . Philosophy appearances, as we acquire by true ratiocination explained. from the knowledge we have first of their causes or...again, of such causes or generations as may be from knowing first their effects. For the better understanding of which definition, we must consider, first,...

...The process of Subtraction. Effects deduced from their Generation. Generations deduced from Effect* ledge. Still we are bound to ascertain from the treatise...parts of this sentence. The emphatic word in it is not Knowledge but Ratiocination. The sense and memory of things which belong to man in common with other...

...many seeds from which pure and true philosophy may hereafter spring up by little and little. . . . Philosophy is such knowledge of effects or appearances...again, of such causes or generations as may be from knowing first their effects. . . By ratiocination I mean computation. Now to compute is either to collect...

...sudden acuteness, but of a well-balanced reason ; which by the compendium of a word, we call philosophy. Philosophy is such knowledge of effects or appearances...their causes or generation ; and again, of such causes and generations as may be from knowing first their effects." "The first beginnings of knowledge are...

...from their Generation. Generations deduced from Effccn. ledge. Still we ai-e bouud to ascertain fruin the treatise which is before us what Hobbes thought...parts of this sentence. The emphatic word in it is not Knowledge but Ratiocination. The sense and memory of things which belong to man in common with other...

...discussing, the fundamental question of the relation of being to knowing. He defines philosophy as 'such a knowledge of effects or appearances, as we acquire by true ratiocination from the knowledge we have of their causes or generation: and again of such causes or generations as may be from knowing first...

...therefore to the matter, and take my beginning from the very definition of philosophy, which is this. 3. PHILOSOPHY is such knowledge of effects or appearances,...acquire by true ratiocination from the knowledge we hare first of their causes or generation: And again, of such causes or generations as may be from knowing...

...therefore to the matter, and take my beginning from the very definition of philosophy, which is this. 2. PHILOSOPHY is such knowledge of effects or appearances,...again, of such causes or generations as may be from knoiving first their effects. For the better understanding of which definition, we must consider, first,...

...is it also in all 1 Compare Hobbes, Elements of Philosophy (Molesworth ed., vol. i, ch. i, p. 3) : " PHILOSOPHY is such knowledge of effects or appearances...again, of such causes or generations as may be from knowing first their effects. For the better understanding of which definition, we must consider, first,...

...love to the waiting women." 2 Hobbes in one place calls it " the study of wisdom " ; s and again, " such knowledge of effects or appearances as we acquire...ratiocination from the knowledge we have first of their causes and generation : and again of such causes or generations as may be from knowing first their effects."...