Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a TextbookWilliam Hyde, 1827 - 504 páginas |
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... greater si are of the materials than others ; Condillac , Beattie , Malebranche , Hume , Reid , Berkeley , & c . I ave een carefully consultel . In a few instances , the statements of these writers have been admit- ted with only slight ...
... greater si are of the materials than others ; Condillac , Beattie , Malebranche , Hume , Reid , Berkeley , & c . I ave een carefully consultel . In a few instances , the statements of these writers have been admit- ted with only slight ...
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... greater cause for it in the principle of thought , in the in- expressible quickness of its operations , in the harmony of its laws , and in the greatness of its researches . How strik- ing are the powers of that intellect , which ...
... greater cause for it in the principle of thought , in the in- expressible quickness of its operations , in the harmony of its laws , and in the greatness of its researches . How strik- ing are the powers of that intellect , which ...
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... greater honour than he , who contends only with a few , ness . CHAPTER SECOND . PRIMARY TRUTHS . § . 14. Introductory remarks on this subject . It is often highly important , in the investigations of a science , to state , at the ...
... greater honour than he , who contends only with a few , ness . CHAPTER SECOND . PRIMARY TRUTHS . § . 14. Introductory remarks on this subject . It is often highly important , in the investigations of a science , to state , at the ...
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... greater distance . But who can tell , which is the true , the correct repre- sentation of the object ? The moon appears to be only a foot or two feet in diameter , when beheld by the naked eye , but the telescope gives a very different ...
... greater distance . But who can tell , which is the true , the correct repre- sentation of the object ? The moon appears to be only a foot or two feet in diameter , when beheld by the naked eye , but the telescope gives a very different ...
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... greater distance . Dr. Reid mentions , that once , as he was lying abed , having been put into a fright , he heard his own heart beat . He took it to be some one knocking at the door , and arose , and opened the door oftener than once ...
... greater distance . Dr. Reid mentions , that once , as he was lying abed , having been put into a fright , he heard his own heart beat . He took it to be some one knocking at the door , and arose , and opened the door oftener than once ...
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abstract ideas acquainted actions admit appear argument asso attention belief body called cause chapter character characteristicks circumstances colour complex ideas conceptions connection consequence considerable considered constitution COPULA degree demonstrative reasoning distinct dreams Dugald Stewart effect emotions of beauty equilibrist eral evidence examination excite exercise exist expressed external facts feelings give given habit hypochondriasis ical illustration imagination influence inquiry insanity instance intel intellectual jects Jedediah Buxton judgment kind knowledge language laws less Malebranche means memory mental mentioned merely mind moral reasoning nature Nominalists notion objects observed operations opinion particular passions perceive perception person philosophy pleasure possess prejudices present principles of association propositions recollection relation remark remember resemblance respect seems sensation senses sight simple ideas sometimes somnambulist sophism species spect sublime suggested supposed term testimony things thought tion trains of thought truth visual perceptions volition words writer
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Página 14 - After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts, that we took a wrong course ; and that before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Página 199 - Though it be too obvious to escape observation, that different ideas are connected together, I do not find that any philosopher has attempted to enumerate or class all the principles of association ; a subject, however, that seems worthy of curiosity.
Página 180 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions...
Página 401 - I have rather chosen to express myself thus, that the will always is as the greatest apparent good, or as what appears most agreeable is, than to say that the will is determined by the greatest apparent good...
Página 182 - ... acquainted, and at the extremity of the habitable globe, a solitary half-worn pewter spoon, whose shape was familiar to us, attracted our attention ; and, on examination, -we found it stamped on the back with the word London. I cannot pass over this circumstance in silence, out of gratitude for the many pleasant thoughts, the anxious hopes, and tender remembrances, it excited in us. Those who have experienced the effects that long absence and extreme distance from their native country produce...
Página 220 - Does the mind perceive the complete figure" of the object at once, or is this perception the result of the various perceptions we have of the different points in the outline...
Página 108 - All these phantasms appeared to me in their natural size, and as distinct as if alive, exhibiting different shades of carnation in the uncovered parts, as well as...
Página 180 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Página 304 - ... contracted such an irresolution and habit of doubting, that by degrees he grew confident of nothing, and a sceptic, at least, in the greatest mysteries of faith.
Página 318 - ... on the spot: Sheets full of her ravings were taken down from her own mouth, and were found to consist of sentences, coherent and intelligible each for itself, but with little or no connection with each other.