perceptibility

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In this section we can describe its nature only from the point of view of perceptibility.

From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath

But a bigness which depends upon perceptibility, not measurement, derives from a concept widely different from the mathematical.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

As to the argument drawn from dreams and hallucinations which might be brought against this, I have shown how it is set aside by a distinction between perceptibility and truth.

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred

This is the effect of love, as being the heat of life, to prevent its extinction, and with it the extinction of all cheerfulness, vivacity, and perceptibility of delight, grounded in its own love.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

But although we may take the peculiar organization of their olfactory organs as being partly the cause of this keen perceptibility, we must in a great measure attribute this perfection to their mode of living.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)