Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... mentioned enter into the per- ception of visible objects , motion , rest , place , space , time , number , & c . These , all of them , denote simple ideas , and for that reason admit not of a definition . All that can be done is to ...
... mentioned enter into the per- ception of visible objects , motion , rest , place , space , time , number , & c . These , all of them , denote simple ideas , and for that reason admit not of a definition . All that can be done is to ...
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... mentioned , has occasioned the same term idea to be applied to all . This singular power of fabricating images without any foundation in reality , is distinguished by the name imagination . * 20. As ideas are the chief materials ...
... mentioned , has occasioned the same term idea to be applied to all . This singular power of fabricating images without any foundation in reality , is distinguished by the name imagination . * 20. As ideas are the chief materials ...
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... mentioned , and the case of a straight line and of the circumference of a circle . A figure and a line that require more than one rule for their construction , or that have any of their parts left arbitrary , are not perfectly regular ...
... mentioned , and the case of a straight line and of the circumference of a circle . A figure and a line that require more than one rule for their construction , or that have any of their parts left arbitrary , are not perfectly regular ...
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... mentioned above , that space as well as place enter into the perception of every visible object : a tree is perceived as existing in a certain place , and as occupying a certain space . Now , by the power of abstraction , space may be ...
... mentioned above , that space as well as place enter into the perception of every visible object : a tree is perceived as existing in a certain place , and as occupying a certain space . Now , by the power of abstraction , space may be ...
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... mentioned , the idea he forms is not an abstract or general idea , but the idea of a particular body with its properties . But though a part and the whole , a subject and its attributes , an effect and its cause , are so intimately con ...
... mentioned , the idea he forms is not an abstract or general idea , but the idea of a particular body with its properties . But though a part and the whole , a subject and its attributes , an effect and its cause , are so intimately con ...
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