The vocabulary of philosophy, mental, moral, and metaphysical : with quotations and references for the use of students / by William Fleming ; edited by Henry Calderwood.
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- 1876
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Credit: The vocabulary of philosophy, mental, moral, and metaphysical : with quotations and references for the use of students / by William Fleming ; edited by Henry Calderwood. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![THEOLOGY— (Prolegom., sec. 4) “ The science which has for its object the existence of God and his attributes, and the consequences o these attributes in relation to other beings, with the refutation of all errors contrary to the true idea of God; in short, all that is now commonly included under natural theology or theodicy, or both.” Natural Theology confines itself exclusively to that know- ledge of God which the light of nature furnishes, and does not intermeddle with the discoveries or the doctrines of positive or revealed theology. It prosecutes its inquiries by the unassisted strength of reason within its own sphere. But rational theology carries the torch or light of reason into the domain of revelation. It criticizes and compares texts— analyzes doctrines—examines traditions—and brings all the instruments of philosophy to bear upon things divine and spiritual, in order to reduce them to harmony with things human and rational. THEOPATHY (0soj, Deity ; vxdos, suffering or feeling).—A word used by Dr. Hartley as synonymous with piety, or a sense of Deity. THEORY (dioifna, contemplation, speculation), [a rationalized explanation of facts.]—Theory and theoretical are properly opposed to practice and practical. Theory is mere knowledge ; practice is the application of it. Though distinct they are dependent, and there is no opposition between them. Theory is the knowledge of the principles by which practice accom- plishes its end. Hypothetical and theoretical are sometimes used as synonymous with conjectural. But this is unphilo- sophical in so far as theoretical is concerned. Theory always implies knowledge—knowledge of a thing in its principles or causes. “ Theory is a general collection of the inferences drawn from facts and compressed into principles.”—Parr, Sequel to a Printed Paper. “ With Plato, dta^ftv is applied to a deep contemplation of the truth. By Aristotle it is always opposed to ttgarrsn, and to Troiiiu, so that he makes philosophy theoretical, practical, and artistical. The Latins and Boethius rendered Otoiosiv by specu- lari. With us it means a learned discourse of philosophers of speculative use.”—Trendelenburg, Elementa Log. Arist., p. 76. 2 K](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2199531x_0507.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
