An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge.
Sir William Hamilton, 9th BaronetThere is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice. Each to a certain extent supposes the other. Theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.
Sir William Hamilton, 9th BaronetMetaphysics, in whatever latitude the term be taken, is a science, or complement of sciences, exclusively occupied with mind.
Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet