Fundamental Philosophy, Vol. 2 (of 2)Balmes, Jaime Luciano
Philosophy
Fundamental Philosophy, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Balmes, Jaime Luciano
Philosophy, Spanish
XXIX. Origin and Character of the relation between
Language and Ideas 112
XXX. Innate Ideas 115
BOOK FIFTH.
IDEA OF BEING.
I. Idea of Being 125
II. Simplicity and Indeterminateness of the Idea of
Being 127
III. Substantive and Copulative Being 129
IV. Being, the Object of the Understanding, is not
the Possible, Inasmuch as Possible 134
V. A Difficulty Solved 138
VI. In what Sense the Idea of Being is the Form of
the Understanding 141
VII. All Science is founded in the Postulate of
Existence 143
VIII. The foundation of Pure Possibility, and the
Condition of its Existence 147
IX. Idea of Negation 150
X. Identity; Distinction; Unity; Multiplicity 153
XI. Origin of the Idea of Being 155
XII. Distinction between Essence and Existence 161
XIII. Kant's Opinion of Reality and Negation 164
XIV. Recapitulation and Consequences of the Doctrine
concerning the Idea of Being 168
BOOK SIXTH.
UNITY AND NUMBER.
I. Preliminary Considerations on the Idea of Unity 175
II. What is Unity? 176
III. Unity and Simplicity 180
IV. Origin of the Tendency of our Mind to Unity 183
V. Generation of the Idea of Number 187
VI. Connection of the Ideas of Number with their
Signs 191
VII. Analysis of the Idea of Number in Itself and
its Relations with Signs 194
BOOK SEVENTH.
ON TIME.
I. Importance and Difficulty of the Subject 201
II. Is Time the Measure of Movement? 203
III. Similarities and Differences between Time and
Space 206
IV. Definition of Time 211
V. Time is Nothing Absolute 213
VI. Difficulties in the explanation of Velocity 215
VII. Fundamental Explanation of Succession 219
VIII. What is Co-existence? 223
IX. Present, Past, and Future 226
X. Application of the preceding Doctrine to several
important Questions 231
XI. The Analysis of the Idea of Time confirms its
resemblance to the Idea of Space 234
XII. Relations of the Idea of Time to Experience 236
XIII. Kant's Opinion 239
XIV. Fundamental Explanation of the Objective Possibility
and of the Necessity of the Idea of Time 242
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