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    absolute - frJbru tbf / J | has a jgil colour * o w ? A'A » fcin . j | tt 4 Jjty ^ j : ; , Here then we may take up our position . We find that we can but be cognizant of phenomena ; all p hilosophers are now agreed that we must

    ever remain in the profoundest ignorance of causes ; when , fRetfcfete ; Virgilsays : — ' * ¦ idi , . •> ¦ •¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ . .: >> - •¦ ¦¦¦ ' Fdlix qut potuit rerum cognosccre h | fe gdilty of an absurdityqu £$ pptufii . ? We find that we < r #$#$£ ^ eii A / ipw phenomena as they really exist . How then can we know causes ? We come .

    then , to the conclusion , that truth is not possible for us , and that all the truth we can evefr attain must be relative , and relative truth can never pass the bound of opinion . Our examination has , apparently , related solely to the physical world ; but in the intellectual , one moment ' s consideration will convince us it

    is the same * We are . conscious of certain states , which wd may classify as we please , or even analyse into their , more eletttsntavy states , but do we advance o » e « t ^ p further totoards thetruth ? Is not mind as great a problem a ^ matter ? i lherearefitis trw , a pertain class of tilths , which are called mathematical , < and , may be

    supposed to wrtitate ^ g ^ inst o « r conclusion , fori thqy $ ve iaioitttaWe , f ^ fSRjpi ^ pfa by % U . Thpjre is , hpweyer , a vast 2 PKm ^^)^ w |^ t ^* ® $ lute truth ( or the real nature and order of existences ) and the No . 383—V , ^¦ - > ^ -v

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    ^^ im ^^ t ^ hM ^ iim certain firbm ^^ m ^ la ^^ ^ Here then is iae dinerfence . Absolute tru , th , , if cog ; nizable , must be j cognizable a

    posteriori j ^ bsdl trte ^ architectonic t ^ utli 4 pri ^ rj . , ^ atJ ^ T m ^ tical , k Row )^ g ^ i % # rf | f it tyfaf and is not li ^ e jthe ^ $ ol ji j ^ ? truth which is to Be ^ pught to ? and known ( on the assumption of its ? possibility ^ -4 ^ arises from the construction an $

    collocation of ideas > qlready existing , which cau £ e $ f Jt ^ to be architectonic from the synthe ? sis or intuitions , iru ^ . inu ^ t consider the particulars ^ -j ^' general , but mathematics must consider the general r in trie particular . The ohje ^ tiv ^ J ^ x ^ the subjective must be fauJtr

    lessiy hoked m tl ^ e QQG ; , ^ d in the oihet the subjective alone can participate . Tp non-nietaphysical readers I would st ^ jte it more broadly by sayings tfi | t in the absolute truth . the search must be made by tile luintjl working on all without Itself ; and in mathematicaljtriftH , \) y the mind wo ? king o «; % ^ el f ^ m seizing the relqitpQns whic ^ its ideas bear to ppcht oilier ? s \\{\\ . And secondly , " , 1 s tru ^ th

    cognizable ? , : i M ; , It is , nqt cognizable " . jfi ^ r , ' ^ s , since we have i ^ p stau ^ a ^ d ^ y which , to judge ii . .. tJiiiyers'M consent will not suthce > becauae th ^ re m ^ y be universal ' error ; a thing much more probably ^ han would at first appear , since it V 6 tild 6 plf b ^ thei ftir ^ the learned wno ^ e opinion jr ^ tyd be important , the multitude

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 1, 1837, page 313, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1837/page/17/