The mind in the making; by Robinson James Harvey 1863-1936

The mind in the making; by Robinson James Harvey 1863-1936

Author:Robinson, James Harvey, 1863-1936 [Robinson, James Harvey, 1863-1936]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Psychology, Social, Civilization, Social problems
Publisher: London, Cape


Beginning of Critical Thinking

So all things were really perfectly compact and at rest, and all our impressions of change were the illusions of the thoughtless and the simple-minded. Since one of the chief satisfactions of the metaphysicians is to get away from the welter of our mutable world into a realm of assurance, this doctrine exercised a great fascination over many minds. The Eleatic conviction of unchanging stability received a new form in Plato's doctrine of eternal " ideas," and later developed into the comforting conception of the " Absolute, " in which logical and world-weary souls have sought refuge from the times of Plotinus to those of Josiah Royce.

But there was one group of Greek thinkers whose general notions of natural operations correspond in a striking manner to the conclusions of the most recent science. These were the Epicureans. Democritus was in no way a modern experimental scientist, but he met the Eleatic metaphysics with another set of speculative considerations which happened to be nearer what is now regarded as the truth than theirs. He rejected the Eleatic decisions against the reality of space and 127



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