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One of the tests by which Fichte discriminates the value of previous systems is the adequateness with which they interpret moral experience.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

For the object must be given in experience, and the question relates to the adequateness of the object to an idea.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

This wide range of variability between definite limits is coupled with a high degree of sensibility and adequateness to the most diverging experiments.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

But as we are now about to proceed to the consideration of the dynamical conceptions of the understanding, and their adequateness with ideas, we must not lose sight of this distinction.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

We need not here discuss the philosophical truth or adequateness of these ways of considering the origin and nature of knowledge, or the composition of human character.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by Morley, John