cognize

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As the speed of the blows increases, further qualitative differences arise; the musical tone rises in pitch until it becomes too acute for the ear to cognize, and thus vanishes from consciousness.

From Through Nature to God by Fiske, John

The source of this spiritual Omniscience we may not, in our finite intelligence, fully cognize, because full cognition would preclude the possibility of finite expression.

From Cosmic Consciousness by McIvor-Tyndall, Alexander J. (Alexander James)

As if conception could possibly occur except for a teleological purpose, except to show us the way from a state of things our senses cognize to another state of things our will desires!

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William

It has schemes, forms, and objects proportionate to its wider field, which our mental fields are far too narrow to cognize.

From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by James, William

We can only cognize the ever-succeeding phenomena of existence as a line in continuous and eternal evolution.

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles