 | 1870 - 624 pages
...eyea cnn see when light flows out from God.' Then again he says : — ' The philosopher should he n man willing to listen to every suggestion, but determined...He should not be biassed by appearances ; have no liivourite hypothesis ; be of no school ; and in doctrine have no master. He should not be a respecter... | |
 | 1874 - 802 pages
...induce that attitude of the mind which characterizes the true philosopher who, as our author quotes from Faraday, "should be a man willing to listen to every...determined to judge for himself. He should not be biased by appearances ; have no favourite hypothesis ; be of no school : and in doctrine have no master.... | |
 | 1870 - 682 pages
...at twenty-four. Here are his thoughts at the close of one of these lectures : — " The philosopher should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion,...have no favourite hypothesis ; be of no school ; and m doctrine have no master. He should not be a respecter of persons, but of things. Truth should be... | |
 | Henry Attwell - 1870 - 314 pages
...raised . a dust, and then complain we cannot see. Bishop Berkeley. THE PHILOSOPHER. The philosopher should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion,...determined to judge for himself. He should not be biased by appearances, have no favourite hypothesis, be of no school, and in doctrine have no master.... | |
 | Henry Attwell - 1870 - 314 pages
...first raised a dust, and then complain we cannot see. Bishop Hcrhc'ey. THE PHILOSOPHER. The philosopher should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion,...determined to judge for himself. He should not be biased by appearances, have no favourite hypothesis, be of no school, and in doctrine have no master.... | |
 | John Hall Gladstone - 1872 - 234 pages
...before the reader. When quite a young man he drew the following ideal portrait : " The philosopher should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion,...determined to judge for himself. He should not be biased by appearances, have no favorite hypothesis, be of no school, and in doctrine have no master.... | |
 | William Stanley Jevons - 1874 - 984 pages
...relinquish it when a single clearly contradictory fact is encountered. ' The philosopher,' says Faraday k, ' should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion,...to judge for himself. He should not be biassed by k Bence Jones, 'Life of Faraday,' vol. ip 225. appearances ; have no favourite hypothesis ; be of no... | |
 | 1877 - 850 pages
...cannot make philosophers of our pupils, we can at least give them some insight into scientific methods. "The philosopher," says Faraday," "should be a man...determined to judge for himself. He should not be biased by appearances; truth should be his primary object. If to these qualities be added industry,... | |
 | William Stanley Jevons - 1877 - 832 pages
...relinquish it when a clearly contradictory fact is encountered. " The philosopher," says Faraday,1 " should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion,...determined to judge for himself. He should not be biased by appearances ; have no favourite hypothesis ; be of no school ; and in doctrine have no master.... | |
 | Daniel Seely Gregory - 1881 - 236 pages
...determination to believe one's own dreams to be the reality have overborne the spirit of the true philosopher. "The philosopher," says Faraday, "should be a man...determined to judge for himself. He should not be biased by appearances ; have no favorite hypothesis ; 1)6 of no school ; and in doctrine have no master.... | |
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The philosopher should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion, but determined to judge for himself. He should not be biased by appearances ; have no favorite hypothesis ; be of no school ; and in doctrine have no master. He should not be a respecter... 
