 | Adam Smith - 1869 - 498 pages
...resembles it, and thus to denominate a multitude, by what originally was intended to express an individual. It is this application of the name of an individual...which, in the schools, are called genera and species, and of which the ingenious and eloquent M. Rousseau of Geneva finds himself so much at a loss to account... | |
 | Aaron Schuyler - 1882 - 496 pages
...to a great multitude of objects whose resemblance naturally recalls the idea of that individual, and the name which expresses it, that seems originally...which, in the schools, are called genera and species." Theory of Moral Sentiments — Appendix. 2d. Generals are before particulars and common nouns before... | |
 | Antonio Rosmini - 1883 - 444 pages
...multitude. ' It is this application,' continues Smith, ' of the name of an individual to a great number of objects whose resemblance naturally recalls the...which in the schools are called genera and species, and of which the ingenious and eloquent Rousseau finds himself so much at a loss to account for the... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1891 - 636 pages
...be acquainted only with the particular word Thames, if he were brought to any other river, would he not readily call it a Thames? This, in reality, is...which, in the schools, are called genera and species.' Leibniz. This extract from Adam Smith will give a clear idea of one view of the formation of thought... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1921 - 660 pages
...and of the name which ex" presses it, that seems originally to have given occasion to the for" mation of those classes, and assortments, which, in the schools, are " called genera, and species ; and of which the ingenious and elo" quent Rousseau finds himself so much at a loss to account for... | |
 | Roy Harris - 1996 - 350 pages
...be acquainted only with the particular word Thames, if he were brought to any other river, would he not readily call it a Thames? This, in reality, is...the diametrically opposite view. It is taken from Leibniz,21 who maintains that general terms are necessary for the essential constitution of languages.... | |
 | James Bowen, Margarita Bowen - 2011 - 746 pages
...paragraph, where he explains how the principle of antonomasia guided the development of common nouns. 1t Is this application of the name of an individual to...which, in the schools, are called genera and species, and of which the ingenious and eloquent M. Rousseau of Geneva finds himself so much at a loss to account... | |
 | Martin Calder - 2003 - 316 pages
...is an order which Smith seeks to impose upon the perceived inexactitude of Rousseau's approach: 1t is this application of the name of an individual to...which, in the schools are called genera and species, and of which the ingenious and eloquent M. Rousseau of Geneva finds himself so much at a loss to account... | |
 | Gordon Bigelow - 2003 - 246 pages
...an individual to a great multitude of objects, whose resemblance naturally recalls the idea ofthat individual, and of the name which expresses it, that...which, in the schools, are called genera and species, and of which the ingenious and eloquent M. Rousseau of Geneva finds himself so much at a loss to account... | |
 | Adam Smith - 2004 - 260 pages
...resembles it, and thus to denominate a multitude, by what originally was intended to express an individual. It is this application of the name (of an individual...which, in the schools, are called genera and species, and of which the ingenious and eloquent M. Rousseau of Geneva2 finds himself so much at a loss to account... | |
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It is this application of the name of an individual to a great multitude of objects, whose resemblance naturally recalls the idea of that individual, and of the name which expresses it, that seems originally to have given occasion to the formation of... 
