Logic is the science of the laws of thought, as thought,--that is of the necessary conditions to which thought considered in itself… — Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet Copy Share Image
Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science, or complement of sciences, exclusively occupied with mind. — Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet Copy Share Image
There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice. Each to a certain extent supposes the other. Theory is dependent on practice;… — Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet Copy Share Image
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… — Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge. — Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet Copy Share Image
Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense. — Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet Copy Share Image
There are two sorts of ignorance: we philosophize to escape ignorance; we start from the one, we repose in the other; they are the… — Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet Copy Share Image
Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shock, it shines. — Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet Copy Share Image
A judgment is the mental act by which one thing is affirmed or denied of another. — Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science, or complement of sciences, exclusively occupied with mind. — Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet Copy Share Image
