adequateness

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For the object must be given in experience, and the question relates to the adequateness of the object to an idea.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

We need not here discuss the philosophical truth or adequateness of these ways of considering the origin and nature of knowledge, or the composition of human character.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by Morley, John

But as we are now about to proceed to the consideration of the dynamical conceptions of the understanding, and their adequateness with ideas, we must not lose sight of this distinction.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

It would require a very bulky volume to realise with any adequateness the ideal aim.

From Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

In maturity of development, in intellectual force, in beauty of expression, and in general adequateness, De los nombres de Cristo exhibits Luis de Leon's prose at its culmination.

From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James