 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 514 pages
...perceived by sense have not a like dependance on my will. When in broad day-light I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or...not creatures of my will. There is therefore some other will or spirit that produces them. XXX. The ideas of sense are more strong, lively, and distinct... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 506 pages
...perceived by sense have not a like dependance on my will. When in broad day-light I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or...not creatures of my will. There is therefore some other will or spirit that produces them. XXX. The ideas of sense are more strong, lively, and distinct... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1826 - 454 pages
...and are termed by us the laws of nature. — When," says he, " in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or...not creatures of my will. There is, therefore, some other will or spirit that produces them. The question between the materialists and me is not whether... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1828 - 540 pages
...— When,1' says he, "in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my poxvcr.to choose whether 1 shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects...themselves to my view ; and so likewise as to the bearing and other senses, the ideas imprinted on them are not creatures of my will. There is, therefore,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1828 - 542 pages
...my power to choose whether I ie or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present their, to my view ; and so likewise as to the hearing and other senses, the imprinted on them are not creatures of my "will. There is, therefore, other will or spirit that produces... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1831 - 482 pages
...and are termed by us the laws of nature. — When," says he, " in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or...the ideas imprinted on them are not creatures of my wul. There is, therefore, some other will or spirit that produces them. The question between the materialists... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1834 - 394 pages
...and are termed by us the laws of nature. — When," says he, " in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or...themselves to my view ; and so, likewise, as to the hearingand other senses, the ideas imprinted on them are not creatures of my will. There is, therefore,... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 266 pages
...are by us termed ' the laws of Nature.' " Again he says : " When in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or...not creatures of my will ; there is, therefore, some other spirit or will that produces them. The question between the materialists and me is not, whether... | |
 | Henry O'CONNOR (Barrister-at-Law) - 1837 - 376 pages
...result of some active power without us. " When," says Berkeley, " in broad day light I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or...not creatures of my will. There is, therefore, some other will or spirit which produces them." On this point it seems utterly impossible to doubt. When,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1837 - 482 pages
...nature. — When," says he, " in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether 1 shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects...not creatures of my will. There is, therefore, some other will or spirit that produces them. The question between the materialists and me is not whether... | |
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When in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present themselves to my view; and so likewise as to the hearing and other senses, the ideas imprinted on them... 
