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But unless there be some grand pervading principle — some invisible, yet most distinctly stamped archetypus of the great whole, a poem like the Iliad can never come to the birth.
The Odyssey of Homer 2003
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But unless there be some grand pervading principle — some invisible, yet most distinctly stamped archetypus of the great whole, a poem like the Iliad can never come to the birth.
The Iliad of Homer 2003
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Kant distinguishes between two possible forms of reason, the intellectus archetypus and the intellectus ectypus.
Man or Matter Ernst Lehrs
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College at Quito, I have myself read the inscription, 'Penduli simplicis aequinoctialis unius minuti secundi archetypus, mensurae naturalis exemplar, utinam universalis!'
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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But unless there be some grand pervading principle — some invisible, yet most distinctly stamped archetypus of the great whole, a poem like the Iliad can never come to the birth.
The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1716
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But unless there be some grand pervading principle -- some invisible, yet most distinctly stamped archetypus of the great whole, a poem like the
The Odyssey 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1716
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(the intellectus archetypus) is possible - even though declared to be beyond man - Kant regarded as superfluous, because the fact was enough for him 'that we are led to the Idea of it - which contains no contradiction - in contrast to our discursive understanding, which has need of images (intellectus ectypus), and to the contingency of its constitution'.
Man or Matter Ernst Lehrs
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Goethe called this reflective understanding ”anschauende Urteilskraft” perceptive judgment, a human intellectus archetypus.
The Idea of Design in Nature: Science or Phenomenology? By Jakob Wolf William Harryman 2009
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Kant called this ”intellectus archetypus”, and thought only a divine being possessed such a faculty.
The Idea of Design in Nature: Science or Phenomenology? By Jakob Wolf William Harryman 2009
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