Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes, 1883 - 486 pages |
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... succession of things suggests the idea of time ; and time may be considered abstractedly from any series of succession . In the same manner , we acquire the abstract term motion , rest , number , and a thousand other abstract terms ; an ...
... succession of things suggests the idea of time ; and time may be considered abstractedly from any series of succession . In the same manner , we acquire the abstract term motion , rest , number , and a thousand other abstract terms ; an ...
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... succession ; which must be natural , because it * For how should this be done ? what idea is it that we are to add ? If we can specify the idea , that idea is already in the mind , and there is no occasion for any act of the will . If ...
... succession ; which must be natural , because it * For how should this be done ? what idea is it that we are to add ? If we can specify the idea , that idea is already in the mind , and there is no occasion for any act of the will . If ...
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... succession . There is implanted in the breast of every man a principle of order , which governs the arrange- ment of his perceptions , of his ideas , and of his actions . With re gard to perceptions , I observe that , in things of equal ...
... succession . There is implanted in the breast of every man a principle of order , which governs the arrange- ment of his perceptions , of his ideas , and of his actions . With re gard to perceptions , I observe that , in things of equal ...
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... succession , even of the most beautiful objects , scarce making any impression ; and if this hold in the succession of original perceptions , how much more in the succession of ideas ! 119. Though all this while I have been only ...
... succession , even of the most beautiful objects , scarce making any impression ; and if this hold in the succession of original perceptions , how much more in the succession of ideas ! 119. Though all this while I have been only ...
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... succession of incidents : its impression indeed is the deepest that can be made instantaneous- ly ; but seldom is a passion raised to any height in an instant , or by a single impression . It was observed above , that our passions ...
... succession of incidents : its impression indeed is the deepest that can be made instantaneous- ly ; but seldom is a passion raised to any height in an instant , or by a single impression . It was observed above , that our passions ...
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