This kind of knowing advances from anadequate idea of the formal essence of certain attributes of God to the adequate knowledge of the essence of things.
For he who knows how to distinguish between the true and the false must have an adequate idea of the true and the false, that is to say, he must know the true and the false by the second or third kind of knowledge.
By an adequate idea, I mean an idea which, in so far as it is considered in itself, without relation to the object, has all the properties or intrinsic marks of a true idea.
For we can have no adequate idea of their duration (by the last Prop.
Only the ardent study of many years will give anything like an adequate idea of the great schoolman's universal genius.
Our limits will not admit of such extracts from the Collection of his writings as would convey to our readers anadequate idea of his thought and manner.
I can scarcely give you an adequate idea of my situation in these dreams, without comparing it with that of the ancient Egyptians while suffering under the plague of darkness.
No report ever can give an adequate idea of the eloquence of Anna Shaw, so artistically diversified by delicious bits of humor and keen points of satire.
Could any pen give an adequate ideaof the amount of work accomplished by that tireless brain and those never-resting hands?
No description could give an adequate idea of the amount of labor performed by Miss Anthony during those eight months.
It is hardly possible to give an adequate idea of the storm which followed the announcement of Miss Anthony's declaration in regard to the People's party.
Language is scarcely capable of conveying, to those who have not seen it, an adequate idea of how it rained at this period of the year.
Writers on that place and period find difficulty in selecting words and inventing similes in order to convey anything like an adequate idea of their meaning.
Words cannot convey an adequate idea of the effect of such a shout upon all on board.
No description can convey an adequate idea of the exquisite beauty of this chalice.
No description can give anadequate idea of the Book of Kells--it must be seen and studied to be duly appreciated.
But no description can convey an adequate idea of the rare beauty of this peerless cross.
This kind of knowledge proceeds from anadequate idea of the absolute essence of certain attributes of God to the adequate knowledge of the essence of things.
He, who knows how to distinguish between true and false, must have an adequate idea of true and false.
Then the splotch of colour would take its place as part of a harmonious whole; and would give you an adequate idea just as it does to the artist.
True, you have an adequate idea of each several colour, but not of their relations to the work conceived.
Now, according to Spinoza, when we see things as they appear in Infinite Thought we have an adequate idea.
But now if you see on an artist's canvas a splotch of red and blue and yellow, part of a work only begun, it gives you no adequate idea.
It is scarcely possible to convey," continues Salt, "an adequate idea of the admiration which the ras and his principal chiefs expressed on beholding these splendid presents.
Photographs of the River St. Lawrence conveying an adequate idea of its extent and varied aspects, could not be taken in a week, a month, or a year.
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