The Philosophy of the Infinite With Special Reference to the Theories of Sir Wi
The Philosophy of the Infinite With Special Reference to the Theories of Sir Wi
Henry Calderwood
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We go far with Sir William in his assertion of the weak- ness of the human mind ; but we do not believe that the limits assigned to our mind are such as, in any one instance, to necessitate a false conclusion. Were this the case, it would necessitate this other admis- sion, that, in the language of reprobation applied to certain theories by Sir WilHam, God had made " our nature a lie. " But, let us see hoAv Sir William's doctrine of caus- ality involves Pantheism. Having stated that we think th...e cause for every effect by thinking the effect as previously existing under another form, he says, 1, ')2 THE FHlLOSOrilY OF THE INFINITE. — '" We cannot conceive, either, on tlie one hand, nothing becoming something, or, on the other, some- thing becoming nothing. When God is said to create the universe out of nothing, we think this by sup- posing that he evolves the imiverse out of himself T^ Such is the doctrine of Sir WiUiara on this point, and such, we are sorry to add, is also the doctrine of M.
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