Quote#God & Faith
On this ground I would rest one of the pre-eminent utilities of…
Quote bySir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet · 1788–1856
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic (1860) Vol. 1.
English (original)
On this ground I would rest one of the pre-eminent utilities of mental philosophy. That it comprehends all the sublimest objects of our theoretical and moral interest; that every (natural) conclusion concerning God, the soul, the present worth and the future destiny of man, is exclusively deduced from the philosophy of mind, will be at once admitted.
— Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
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