...following proposition :— " We can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known; in other words, there can be an ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge." m ™ Irntitutes. Theory of Ignorance, Proposition iii. In his explanation of this proposition, he...

...most efficient performers in the work. If the reader has got well in hand these two truths—first. that there can be a knowledge of things only with...an ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge—he will find himself in possession of a lever powerful enough to break open the innermost...

...remediable (by Prop. II.) Therefore, we can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known ; in other words, there can be an ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge. OBSERVATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS. 1. This is the most important proposition in the agnoiology = indeed,...

...the Professor, somewhat magniloquently, ' the reader has got well in hand these two truths— -first, that there can be a knowledge of things only with...— they lay open the universe from stem, to stern' (p. 405). This is a magnificient boast ; and if it were true, Mr. Ferrier would certainly have refuted...

...heels of these two : — " We can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known ; in other words, there can be an ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge. " DEMONSTRATION. " If we could be ignorant of what could not possibly be known by any intelligence,...

...most efficient performers in the work. If the reader has got well in hand these two truths — -first, that there can be a knowledge of things only with...lever powerful enough » to break open the innermost secresies of nature. These two instruments cut deep and far — they lay open the universe from stem...

...nescience properly expresses that which is beyond the possibility of knowledge. In truth, there can really be an ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge. ' The ignorance,' says Ferrier, ' which is a defect, must not be confounded with the nescience of the...

...following proposition : — " We can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known ; in other words, there can be an ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge."™ ™ Imtitutei. Theory of Ignorance, Proposition iii. In his explanation of this proposition, he remarks...

...possibly remediable." 3. " We can be ignorant only of what can possibly be known ; in other words, there can be an ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge." 4. " We cannot be ignorant of any kind of objects without a subject ¡ in Other words, there can be...

...nescience, properly expresses that which is beyond the possibility of knowledge. In truth there can really be an ignorance only of that of which there can be a knowledge. " The ignorance," says Ferrier, " which is a defect, must not be confounded with a nescience of the...