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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science, or complement of sciences, exclusively occupied with mind.

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

The pursuit of knowledge is but a course between two ignorances, as human life is itself only a wayfaring from grave to grave.

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

A judgment is the mental act by which one thing is affirmed or denied of another.

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

In our natural body every part has a necessary sympathy with every other; and all together form, by their harmonious conspiration, a healthy whole.

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

Logic is the science of the laws of thought, as thought,--that is of the necessary conditions to which thought considered in itself is a subject.

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shock, it shines.

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice. Each to a certain extent supposes the other. Theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet