William Hamilton Quotes on Truth
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 truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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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.”
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“Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shook, it shines.”
Discussions on Philosophy , Title Page, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 818-22.