Project Gutenberg 2009-04-03 Public domain in the USA. 71 Mansel, Henry Longueville 1820 1871 Mansel, H. L. (Henry Longueville) The Philosophy of the Conditioned Reading ease score: 53.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by David Clarke, Tim Krajcar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Million Book Project) "The Philosophy of the Conditioned" by Henry Longueville Mansel is a philosophical treatise written in the mid-19th century. The work focuses on examining the philosophical currents of the time, particularly critiquing the ideas of Sir William Hamilton and John Stuart Mill regarding the concepts of the conditioned and unconditioned. Mansel delves into the nature of consciousness, knowledge, and the limits of human understanding, engaging deeply with metaphysical concepts that relate to our perception of reality. The opening portion of the text introduces Mansel's motivation for writing, which stems from his reflections on a previous anonymous review of Hamilton’s philosophy that he felt required defense. He outlines the philosophical debate on conditioned and unconditioned existence, invoking Plato to discuss the aspirational journey of reason toward the unconditioned as a means of better understanding the nature of truth. Both the complexities of consciousness and the challenge of reconciling knowledge with the divine are addressed, setting the stage for a nuanced discussion on how humans engage with abstract principles and the implications for belief in a personal deity. The philosophical tensions established in the introduction suggest a foundational exploration of faith, reason, and their intersections with human cognition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Hamilton, William, Sir, 1788-1856 Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873. Examination of Sir William Hamilton's philosophy B Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 225868 225883 2024-10-12T09:43:45.328729 2023-09-12T12:16:44.908115 text/html text/html 225779 2021-01-04T22:41:41 text/html; charset=utf-8 86689 2021-01-04T22:41:41 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 164123 2024-10-12T09:43:52.114707 application/epub+zip 166797 2024-10-12T09:43:48.458691 application/epub+zip 140895 2024-10-12T09:43:47.180707 application/epub+zip 323038 2024-10-12T09:43:54.797664 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314279 2024-10-12T09:43:51.329709 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261996 2022-09-13T09:19:07.419662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201444 201220 2024-10-12T09:43:44.766744 2023-09-12T12:16:44.530120 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 201152 2021-01-04T22:41:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 70264 2021-01-04T22:41:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 201171 2021-01-04T22:41:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 70174 2021-01-04T22:41:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21844 2024-10-12T09:43:54.946654 application/rdf+xml 15426 2024-10-12T09:43:47.736709 image/jpeg 3678 2024-10-12T09:43:47.454711 image/jpeg 159689 2024-10-12T09:43:45.349719 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog