The Monist, Volume 23Paul Carus Open Court, 1913 Vols. 2 and 5 include appendices. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
according animals appears artificial language atoms believe Bhaga Bhagavadgîtâ Bhagavata bhakti body Brahman Buddhist called cause century character Christian comedy complete conception consciousness cosmic deduction definite divine doctrine earth energy Esperanto ether existence experience explain expressed fact faith feeling Fichte force gravitation human hybrids hypothesis idea ideal important India infinite Interlingua Kamsa knowledge Krishna Krishnaism light living logical logical constants Lorinser Mahâbhârata man's Mark Twain mathematical logic mathematics matter means mechanics ment method mind modern Monist moral motion nature never Newton object observation organism origin phenomena philosophy plants possible present principle principle of relativity Professor proposition purely reason relation religion religious result Robert Hooke Sânkhya scientific sense Sogdian soul space species spirit substance theory things thought tion translation true truth universe velocity vis viva Volapük whole words
Popular passages
Page 15 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 510 - Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food, Nothing to wear but clothes To keep one from going nude. "Nothing to breathe but air — Quick as a flash 'tis gone. Nowhere to fall but off. Nowhere to stand but on.
Page 346 - I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious Lady, that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits, as have to do with her.
Page 99 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Page 192 - Diligently train your ideals upward and still upward toward a summit where you will find your chiefest pleasure in conduct which, while contenting you, will be sure to confer benefits upon your neighbor and the community.
Page 41 - One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
Page 347 - Mr Wood ! — This is the greatest discovery in nature that ever was since the world's creation. It never was so much as hinted by any man before. I know you will do him right. I hope you may read his hand. I wish he had writ plainer, and afforded a little more paper.
Page 347 - The second supposition is this, that all bodies whatsoever that are put into a direct and simple motion, will so continue to move forward in a straight line till they are, by some other effectual powers, deflected, and sent into a motion describing a circle, ellipsis, or some other more compounded curve line.
Page 19 - Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long resounding pace.
Page 264 - In spite of the fact that definitions are theoretically superfluous, it is nevertheless true that they often convey more important information than is contained in the propositions in which they are used.