cognize

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Substances are distinct from one another when we can clearly and distinctly cognize one without the other.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard

See'st thou, then, how all things in cognizing use rather their own faculty than the faculty of the things which they cognize?

From The Consolation of Philosophy by James, H. R. (Henry Rosher)

Take away matter, and mortal mind could not cognize its own so-called substance, and this so-called mind would have no identity.

From Unity of Good by Eddy, Mary Baker

But, assuming that "conceive" is a general term for cognize, the conclusion developed just above is inevitable.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jones, Jesse H.

We cannot conceive of any higher creation, because we cannot add an attribute to those we already possess, any more than we can conceive of an additional sense by which to cognize such new attribute.

From The Philosophy of Evolution Together With a Preliminary Essay on The Metaphysical Basis of Science by Carpenter, Stephen H. (Stephen Haskins)