cognize

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In brief, "Of phenomena we have knowledge; in the true nature of things we believe; presentiment enables us to cognize the latter in the former."

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

Yet we cognize him, but this is by an immediate intuition, in which we know him as he is in himself.

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

Now, an idea is clear when we cognize its object not as an individual thing, but in its connection, as a link in the causal chain, as necessary, and as a mode of God.

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

By spiritual advancement, one is able to cognize the breath as an act of mind-a dream-breath.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa

The philosophic endeavour to cognize the whole system of things by referring all events to their causes appears to him to be from the outset doomed to failure.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various