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> [Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science, or complement of sciences, exclusively occupied with mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/metaphysics-in-whatever-latitude-the-term-be-taken-is-a-science-or/)

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## More by 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;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/there-is-a-distinction-but-no-opposition-between-theory-and-practice/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/logic-is-the-science-of-the-laws-of-thought-as-thought-that-is-of-the/)

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> [The pursuit of knowledge is but a course between two ignorances, as human life is itself only a wayfaring from grave to grave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/the-pursuit-of-knowledge-is-but-a-course-between-two-ignorances-as/)

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> [An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/an-instinct-is-an-agent-which-performs-blindly-and-ignorantly-a-work/)

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> [Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/be-sober-and-to-doubt-prepense-these-are-the-sinews-of-good-sense/)

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> [There are two sorts of ignorance: we philosophize to escape ignorance; we start from the one, we repose in the other; they are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/there-are-two-sorts-of-ignorance-we-philosophize-to-escape-ignorance/)

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> [Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shock, it shines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/truth-like-a-torch-the-more-tis-shock-it-shines/)

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> [A judgment is the mental act by which one thing is affirmed or denied of another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/a-judgment-is-the-mental-act-by-which-one-thing-is-affirmed-or-denied/)

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> [In our natural body every part has a necessary sympathy with every other; and all together form, by their harmonious conspiration, a healthy whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/in-our-natural-body-every-part-has-a-necessary-sympathy-with-every/)

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> [Consummated science is positively humble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/consummated-science-is-positively-humble/)

[Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/)

> [Read much, but not many works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/read-much-but-not-many-works/)

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> [Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science, or complement of sciences, exclusively occupied with mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/metaphysics-in-whatever-latitude-the-term-be-taken-is-a-science-or/)

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