sensibilities

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Beyond the tangibilities and impressions of the senses it cannot accept anything.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá

It is characteristic of this type of mind to be interested in the tangibilities of geometry, hence it is not surprising to be told that Pythagoras "carried that science to perfection."

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

All his life he had had tangibilities to deal with.

From A Daughter of To-Day by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

The Russian, too, was equally bewildered, and perhaps all this profusion of theories came in both from the same lack of tangibilities.

From Ghetto Comedies by Zangwill, Israel

Briefly, there are many instances and evidences which disprove the assertion that tangibilities and sense impressions are certainties, for the senses are misleading and often mistaken.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá