William Hamilton Quotes on Knowledge
Sir William Hamilton, ninth Baronet of Preston, was a Scottish philosopher and the leading British philosophical figure of the mid nineteenth century. This page collects quotes attributed to William Hamilton on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to William Hamilton:
“To be conscious is to be conscious of something distinguished from self.”
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Attributed to William Hamilton:
“All knowledge is of the relative; the absolute, as such, is unknowable.”
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Attributed to William Hamilton:
“Philosophy is reasoned consciousness.”
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Attributed to William Hamilton:
“Logic is the science of the formal laws of thought.”