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

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Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense.

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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.

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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.

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Consummated science is positively humble.

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