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The Elements of Metaphysics; Being a Guide for Lectures and Private Use
The Elements of Metaphysics Being a Guide for Lectures and Private Use Author:Paul Deussen General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1894 Original Publisher: Macmillan Subjects: Metaphysics Vedanta Philosophy / General Philosophy / Metaphysics Religion / Hinduism / General Religion / Hinduism / Theology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and th... more »ere may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 13. THE TRANSCENDENTAL STANDPOINT SYSTEM OF METAPHYSICS The System of Metaphysics PART I THE THEORY OP UNDERSTANDING I. Preliminary Survey §31. The theory of understanding is properly a part of psychology, and as such deals with the origin, essence, and connection of all our representations. These fall into two classes, as being partly primary, partly derivative. The first are called (by denominatio a potiori] " anschauliche," that is, perceptual, the latter abstract representations. § 3 2. The faculty of perceptual representations is Understanding (vovs, mens, Verstand, entendement); the science of which might be called noetics. It has to show how the mind, by means of its innatefunctions, after external irritation acting on its offshoots, the senses, (i) produces perceptual representations, and (2) establishes the connection between them. § 33. The faculty of abstract representations is Reason (Xoo?, ratio, Vernunft, raison). The science which teaches how reason manufactures the materials supplied to it by perception into concepts, and then combines these as judgments and conclusions, is logic. The operating with concepts is called thinking. The external vibrations of the air by which we communicate our thoughts to each other, are the words of language, heard also by the brute, but comprehended only by man (hence the German word Vernunft, from vernehmen, to comprehend). § 34. The faculty of Understanding is common t...« less