William Hamilton Quotes on Mind
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 mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to William Hamilton:
“On earth there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind.”
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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:
“Philosophy is reasoned consciousness.”
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“"The intellect," says Aquinas , "commences in operation, and in operation it ends..."”
Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic(1860) Vol. 1 -
“"The intellect," says Aristotle ... "is perfected, not by knowledge but by activity..." and... "The arts and sciences are powers, but every power exists only for the sake of action; the end of philosophy... is not knowledge, but the energy conversant about knowledge."”
Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic(1860) Vol. 1