Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... whole o his book about ideas . He holds , that we cannot perceive , remember , not imagine any thing , but by having an idea or image of it in the mind . He agrees with Des Cartes , that we can have no knowledge of things external , but ...
... whole o his book about ideas . He holds , that we cannot perceive , remember , not imagine any thing , but by having an idea or image of it in the mind . He agrees with Des Cartes , that we can have no knowledge of things external , but ...
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... whole book of his treatise upon Human Understanding . So necessary it is to give accurate defi- nitions , and so preventive of dispute are definitions when accurate . Berkeley has taken great pains to prove another proposition equally ...
... whole book of his treatise upon Human Understanding . So necessary it is to give accurate defi- nitions , and so preventive of dispute are definitions when accurate . Berkeley has taken great pains to prove another proposition equally ...
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... whole . There is a mental power of abstraction , of which afterward ; but the eye never abstracts , nor any other ex- ternal sense . : 16. Many particulars besides those mentioned enter into the per- ception of visible objects , motion ...
... whole . There is a mental power of abstraction , of which afterward ; but the eye never abstracts , nor any other ex- ternal sense . : 16. Many particulars besides those mentioned enter into the per- ception of visible objects , motion ...
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... whole composed of uniform parts : uniformity is predicated of these parts as related to each other by resemblance : we say , a square is a regular , not a uniform figure ; but with respect to the constituent parts of a square , we say ...
... whole composed of uniform parts : uniformity is predicated of these parts as related to each other by resemblance : we say , a square is a regular , not a uniform figure ; but with respect to the constituent parts of a square , we say ...
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... whole . I have from nature a disposition to gratitude , which , through want of an object , happens never to be exerted ; and which therefore is unknown even to myself . Another who has the same disposition , meets with a kindly office ...
... whole . I have from nature a disposition to gratitude , which , through want of an object , happens never to be exerted ; and which therefore is unknown even to myself . Another who has the same disposition , meets with a kindly office ...
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