adequateness

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This is not a proper occasion for saying anything about the adequateness of the catholic, or any other special manner of fostering and solacing the religious impulses of men.

From On Compromise by Morley, John

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

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

One of the tests by which Fichte discriminates the value of previous systems is the adequateness with which they interpret moral experience.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

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