Samuel Alexander
Samuel Alexander
Samuel Alexander OMwas an Australian-born British philosopher. He was the first Jewish fellow of an Oxbridge college...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth6 January 1859
CountryAustralia
Samuel Alexander quotes about
australian-philosopher character determines mental object
It is a different and independent thing, and the character of the mental act only determines how much of the object is apprehended and in what form.
swag two kind
It is convenient to distinguish the two kinds of experience which have thus been described, the experienc-ing and the experienc-ed, by technical words.
phrases may lasts
It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.
distinguished sensory objects
The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.