Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... employed to signify the objects of perception and sensation . Perception in that sense is a general term for every external thing we perceive ; and sensation a general term for every pleasure and pain felt at the organ of sense . 1 ...
... employed to signify the objects of perception and sensation . Perception in that sense is a general term for every external thing we perceive ; and sensation a general term for every pleasure and pain felt at the organ of sense . 1 ...
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... employed by Des Cartes and Locke to infer the xistence of external objects , is inconclusive ; and upon that discovery ventured , Against common sense , to annihilate totally the material world . And a later writer , discovering that ...
... employed by Des Cartes and Locke to infer the xistence of external objects , is inconclusive ; and upon that discovery ventured , Against common sense , to annihilate totally the material world . And a later writer , discovering that ...
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... employed in this operation are ideas of sight , which he can take to pieces and combine into new forms at pleasure : their complexity and vivacity make them fit materials . But a man hath no such power over any of his other ideas ...
... employed in this operation are ideas of sight , which he can take to pieces and combine into new forms at pleasure : their complexity and vivacity make them fit materials . But a man hath no such power over any of his other ideas ...
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... employ abstract terms , even in thinking : it would be as difficult to reason without them , as to perform operations in algebra without signs ; for there is scarce any reasoning without some degree of abstraction , and we cannot easily ...
... employ abstract terms , even in thinking : it would be as difficult to reason without them , as to perform operations in algebra without signs ; for there is scarce any reasoning without some degree of abstraction , and we cannot easily ...
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... employed on the fine arts are of the same kind with those which regulate our conduct . Mathematical and metaphysical reasonings have no ten- dency to improve our knowledge of man ; nor are they applicable to the common affairs of life ...
... employed on the fine arts are of the same kind with those which regulate our conduct . Mathematical and metaphysical reasonings have no ten- dency to improve our knowledge of man ; nor are they applicable to the common affairs of life ...
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