 | Stephen J. Finn - 2004 - 206 pagina’s
...the 'traditional interpretation of influence', namely, that the discovery of geometry influenced his generation: And again, of such causes or generations as may be from knowing their effects' (Co 1.3). To resolve a body into its constituent parts is to reveal its causes,... | |
 | Reinhard Heil, Andreas Kaminski, Marcus Stippak, Alexander Unger - 2007 - 372 pagina’s
...meaning of what exactly philosophy is. Hobbes (re)defmed it as a searching project for causalities: "Philosophy is such knowledge of effects or appearances,...again, of such causes or generations as may be from knowing first their effects." (Hobbes 1839 [1655]: 3). The maximum causal hope was reached in Pierre... | |
 | Paul Russell - 2008 - 442 pagina’s
...name.28 In general, Hobbes makes clear that philosophy excludes theology. By philosophy he understands "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... | |
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PHILOSOPHY* is such knowledge of effects or appearances, as we acquire by true ratiocination from the knowledge we have first of their causes or generation: And again, of such causes or generations as may be from knowing first their effects. 
