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Category Archive: Chauncey Wright

Chauncey Wright Quote: “By what criterion… can we distinguish…”

By what criterion… can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and among the causes that may, for aught we can know, be also effects, – how can we distinguish which are the means and which are the ends?

August 23, 2019 1830, American, Chauncey Wright, Quotes by Philosophers, September 10

Chauncey Wright Quote: “The accidental causes of science are…”

The accidental causes of science are only accidents relatively to the intelligence of a man.

April 16, 2019 1830, American, Chauncey Wright, Quotes by Philosophers, September 10

Chauncey Wright Quote: “The questions of philosophy proper are…”

The questions of philosophy proper are human desires and fears and aspirations – human emotions – taking an intellectual form.

November 9, 2018 1830, American, Chauncey Wright, Quotes by Philosophers, September 10

Chauncey Wright Quote: “If they are, then the only…”

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If they are, then the only ultimate truths are the particulars of concrete experience, and no postulate or general assumption is inherent in science until its proceedings become systematic, or the truths already reached give direction to further research.

October 8, 2018 1830, American, Chauncey Wright, Quotes by Philosophers, September 10
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