cognize

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He distinguished between knowledge of actual objects and the divine inspiration by which we cognize the being and existence of God.

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It is important to notice that Hume, in regard to this problem, distinctly separates Mathematics. geometry from algebra and arithmetic, i.e. he views extensive quantity as being cognized differently from number.

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The philosophic endeavour to cognize the whole system of things by referring all events to their causes appears to him to be from the outset doomed to failure.

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The external and the internal ear, like the ear-trumpet, are purely material, and by means of them we are able to cognize those material emanations called sound.

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But, assuming that "conceive" is a general term for cognize, the conclusion developed just above is inevitable.

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