law of thought
Americannoun
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From this proceeds the second law of thought, the Principle of Contradiction.
From The life and teaching of Karl Marx by Beer, M.
"The principle of substance," as an ultimate law of thought, is, therefore, to be regarded as a transcendental dream.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
From this law of thought follows directly the third, viz., the Principle of the Excluded Middle.
From The life and teaching of Karl Marx by Beer, M.
By an irresistible law of thought all phenomena present themselves to us as the expression of power, and refer us to a causal ground whence they issue.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
The fundamental law of thought which underlies this mode of proof was clearly recognized by Pythagoras.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
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