cognize
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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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
Yet we cognize him, but this is by an immediate intuition, in which we know him as he is in himself.
From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.
Consequently he never had occasion to inquire whether anything whatsoever was possible which his senses or the senses of other witnesses seemed to cognize.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
But, assuming that "conceive" is a general term for cognize, the conclusion developed just above is inevitable.
From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.
Substances are distinct from one another when we can clearly and distinctly cognize one without the other.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
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