The intellect," says Aquinas, "commences in operation, and … - Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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The intellect," says Aquinas, "commences in operation, and in operation it ends...

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (8 March 1788 – 6 May 1856) was a Scottish metaphysician.

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Birth Name: William Hamilton

Alternative Names: Sir William Stirling Hamilton of Preston, 9th Bt. • Sir William Hamilton

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

The question—Is Truth, or is the Mental Exercise in the pursuit of truth, the superior end?—this is perhaps the most curious theoretical, and certainly the most important practical, problem in the whole compass of philosophy.

The instructor... does not profess to teach philosophy, but to philosophise.

The intellect," says Aquinas, "commences in operation, and in operation it ends... - Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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