Mary Shepherd Quotes on Truth
Lady Mary Shepherd was a Scottish philosopher and one of the most acute British metaphysicians of the early nineteenth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Mary Shepherd on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Mary Shepherd:
“Every effect must have a cause that determines it.”
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Attributed to Mary Shepherd:
“What begins to be must owe its beginning to some prior power.”
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Attributed to Mary Shepherd:
“Hume's argument denies the very intelligibility of nature.”
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Attributed to Mary Shepherd:
“The mind perceives a real, external world, not a procession of impressions.”
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Attributed to Mary Shepherd:
“Reason gives knowledge of necessary connections that experience alone could not.”