Outline of Sir William Hamilton's philosophy .. . ^ -J * 2 •r-> fl .£ H O © * o 8 o J 5. sir william Hamiltons philosophy. 175 has originated any new existence, and are thereforeconstrained to think that what now appears to us undera new form, had previously an existence under others— others conceivable by us or not. These others (forthey are always plural) are called its cause; and acause, or more properly causes, we cannot but suppose ;for a cause is simply everything without which theeffect would not result, and all such concurring, theeffect cannot but result. We are utterly unable tore
Outline of Sir William Hamilton's philosophy .. . ^ -J * 2 •r-> fl .£ H O © * o 8 o J 5. sir william Hamiltons philosophy. 175 has originated any new existence, and are thereforeconstrained to think that what now appears to us undera new form, had previously an existence under others— others conceivable by us or not. These others (forthey are always plural) are called its cause; and acause, or more properly causes, we cannot but suppose ;for a cause is simply everything without which theeffect would not result, and all such concurring, theeffect cannot but result. We are utterly unable torealize in thought the possibility of the complementof existence being either increased or are unable, on the one hand, to conceive nothingbecoming something, or, on the other, something be-coming nothing. When God is said to create out ofnothing, we construe this to thought by supposingthat he evolves existence out of nothing but himself;and in like manner we conceive annihilation only byconceiving the Creator to withdraw his creation, bywithdrawing his creative energy fr
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