 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1833 - 874 pages
...itself, but by the nature of the intelligence to which it is revealed. " By substance," he says, " I understand that which is in itself, and is conceived through itself. By attribute I understand the same thing, ni'n yvni altributum dicatur respeclu intellectus substantifs... | |
 | John Watts - 1857 - 210 pages
...thought is limited by other thoughts. But body does not limit thought, nor thought limit body. 1П. By substance I understand that which is in itself, and is conceived per se — that is, the conception of which does not require the conception of anything else as antecedent... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1863 - 478 pages
...same nature. For example, body is called finite, because we always conceive another greater than it. " By Substance, I understand that which is in itself, and is conceived of itself; that is, that whose conception needs not the conception of any other thing in order to its... | |
 | Robert Willis - Ethics - 1870 - 704 pages
...understanding that. For the definition as I gave it to you, unless my memory plays me false, ran thus : ' By substance I understand that which is in itself and is conceived by itself, ie the conception of which involves the conception of no other thing ; ' by attribute I... | |
 | John R. Leifchild - Natural theology - 1872 - 578 pages
...our granting to Spinoza what he demands for the word substance. He himself defines it thus : — " By substance I understand that which is in itself, and is conceived per se; that is, the conception of which does not require the conception of anything else antecedent... | |
 | Friedrich Ueberweg - Philosophy - 1874 - 580 pages
...definitions, follow the statements of what Spinoza understands by substance, attribute, and mode. " By substance I understand that which is in itself and is conceived by itself, »'. e., the conception of which can be formed without the aid of the conception of any... | |
 | Thomas Penyngton Kirkman - Metaphysics - 1876 - 368 pages
...concipitur : hoc est id cujus conceptus non indiget conceptu alterius rei a quo formari debeat.' ' By substance I understand that which is in itself, and is conceived by itself; that is, the conception of which requires for its formation the conception of no other thing.'... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1880 - 524 pages
...thought is limited by another thought. But a body is not limited by thought, nor a thought by body. 3. By substance I understand that which is in itself and is conceived by itself ; that is, whose concept needs not the concept of another thing for it to be formed from.... | |
 | Benedictus de Spinoza - Ethics - 1883 - 432 pages
...limited by another thought ; but a body is not limited by a thought, nor a thought by a body. III. By substance, I understand that which is in itself and is conceived through itself; in other words, that, the conception of which does not need the conception of another thing from which... | |
 | John Mackintosh - Scotland - 1884 - 538 pages
...which cannot be conceived as non-existing. 2. A thing is called finite in its kind which can be limited by another of the same nature. 3. By substance I understand that which is self-contained and is conceived by itself. 4. By attribute I understand that which the mind perceives... | |
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By substance, I understand that which is in itself and is conceived through itself; in other words, that, the conception of which does not need the conception of another thing from which it must be formed. 
