Read much, but not many works. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet More Quotes by Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet More Quotes From Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shock, it shines. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet torchesshiningtruth The pursuit of knowledge is but a course between two ignorances, as human life is itself only a wayfaring from grave to grave. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet ignorancelife-istwo In our natural body every part has a necessary sympathy with every other; and all together form, by their harmonious conspiration, a healthy whole. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet healthbodytogether There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice. Each to a certain extent supposes the other. Theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet distinctiontheorypractice Logic is the science of the laws of thought, as thought,--that is of the necessary conditions to which thought considered in itself is a subject. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet logicsubjectslaw Metaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science, or complement of sciences, exclusively occupied with mind. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet metaphysicstakenmind Be sober, and to doubt prepense, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet good-sensesoberdoubt A judgment is the mental act by which one thing is affirmed or denied of another. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet deniedone-thingjudgment An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet agentsinstinct There are two sorts of ignorance: we philosophize to escape ignorance; we start from the one, we repose in the other; they are the goals from which and to which we tend; and the pursuit of knowledge is but a course between two ignorances, as human life is only a traveling from grave to grave. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet ignorancegoaltwo Consummated science is positively humble. Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet positivelyhumblescience
