Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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Page 13
... succession of enjoyments from low to high , leads it , by gentle steps , from the most grovelling corporeal pleasures , for which only it is fitted in the beginning of life , to those refined and sublime plea- sures that are suited to ...
... succession of enjoyments from low to high , leads it , by gentle steps , from the most grovelling corporeal pleasures , for which only it is fitted in the beginning of life , to those refined and sublime plea- sures that are suited to ...
Page 19
... succession of our ideas - The order of nature - The train of historical events , from cause to effect - The scientific train , from effect to cause - The former the synthetic , the latter the analytic method of reasoning - Order a ...
... succession of our ideas - The order of nature - The train of historical events , from cause to effect - The scientific train , from effect to cause - The former the synthetic , the latter the analytic method of reasoning - Order a ...
Page 20
... succession ; which must be natural , because it governs all human beings . The law , however , seems not to be inviolable . It sometimes happens that an idea arises in the mind , without any perceived connection : as , for example ...
... succession ; which must be natural , because it governs all human beings . The law , however , seems not to be inviolable . It sometimes happens that an idea arises in the mind , without any perceived connection : as , for example ...
Page 21
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 53
... succession , even of the most beautiful objects , scarcely making any impression ; and if this hold in the succession of original percep- tions , how much more in the succession of ideas ? Though all this while I have been only ...
... succession , even of the most beautiful objects , scarcely making any impression ; and if this hold in the succession of original percep- tions , how much more in the succession of ideas ? Though all this while I have been only ...
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