Elements of the Philosophy of the Human MindT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808 - 585 էջ |
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... recollect , that to the philofo- phy of the mind are to be referred , all our inquiries concerning the divifions and the claffifications of the objects of human knowledge ; and alfo , all the various rules , both for the investigation ...
... recollect , that to the philofo- phy of the mind are to be referred , all our inquiries concerning the divifions and the claffifications of the objects of human knowledge ; and alfo , all the various rules , both for the investigation ...
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... recollect the date of my earliest speculations on the fubject . It is to the phenomena of perception alone , that I am to confine myself in the following effay ; and even with respect to these , all that I propofe is , to offer a few ...
... recollect the date of my earliest speculations on the fubject . It is to the phenomena of perception alone , that I am to confine myself in the following effay ; and even with respect to these , all that I propofe is , to offer a few ...
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... recollect the influence of these ideas , at a period of life long prior to the date of their phi- lofophical studies . Nothing , indeed , can be con- ceived more fimple and natural than their origin . When an object is placed in a ...
... recollect the influence of these ideas , at a period of life long prior to the date of their phi- lofophical studies . Nothing , indeed , can be con- ceived more fimple and natural than their origin . When an object is placed in a ...
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... recollect that , although it has , for many years past , been a fubject of controverfy in England , it continues ftill to be implicitly adopted by the best philofophical writers in France ; and that it has been employed by fome of them ...
... recollect that , although it has , for many years past , been a fubject of controverfy in England , it continues ftill to be implicitly adopted by the best philofophical writers in France ; and that it has been employed by fome of them ...
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... recollect the last words spoken by the preacher ; or even to recollect that he was fpeaking at all . And yet , that fleep does not fufpend entirely the powers of percep tion , may be inferred from this , that if the preacher were to ...
... recollect the last words spoken by the preacher ; or even to recollect that he was fpeaking at all . And yet , that fleep does not fufpend entirely the powers of percep tion , may be inferred from this , that if the preacher were to ...
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abſtract affociation of ideas againſt almoſt appear arifes attention becauſe cafe caſes cauſe circumftances claffes conclufions confequence confideration confidered conftitution courſe diftinct diſcovery doctrine effect effential eſtabliſhed exerciſe exiſtence expreffed expreffion faculties faid fame fays feems fenfations fenfe fenfible fhall fhew fhould figns fimilar firſt fituation fleep fociety fome fpecies fpeculations ftate ftriking ftudy fubject fuch fufficient fuggefted fuppofed fuppofition furniſh fyftem genius habits happineſs himſelf hiſtory human illuftrate imagination impoffible impreffions inftances intellectual intereſting inveſtigation itſelf language leaſt lefs leſs Lord Bacon meaſure memory mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffarily neceffary obfervations objects occafion opinion paffage particular perception perfon philofophers phyfical Plato pleaſe pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent principles proceſs progrefs propofitions purpoſe queſtion reaſoning refpect refult remarks ſcience ſeems ſenſe ſome ſtate ſtudy ſuch thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thoughts tion truth underſtanding univerfals uſe whofe words
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Էջ 187 - A great philosopher - has disputed the received opinion in this particular, and has asserted, that all general ideas are nothing but particular ones annexed to a certain term, which gives them a more extensive signification, and makes them recall upon occasion other individuals, which are similar to them.
Էջ 136 - O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast? Or wallow naked in December snow, By thinking on fantastic summer's heat? O, no! the apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse...
Էջ 511 - As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction.
Էջ 564 - Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me : with joy I see The different doom our fates assign : Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Էջ 290 - With all th' embroidery plaster'd at thy tail ? They might (were Harpax not too wise to spend) Give Harpax self the blessing of a friend ; Or find some doctor that would save the life Of wretched Shylock, spite of Shylock's wife ; But thousands die, without or this or that, Die, and endow a college, or a cat.
Էջ 502 - ... mere sounds; but they are sounds which, being used on particular occasions, wherein we receive some good, or suffer some evil, or see others affected with good or evil, or which we hear applied to other interesting things or events; and being applied in such a variety of cases that we know readily by habit to what things they belong, they produce in the mind, whenever they are afterwards mentioned, effects similar to those of their occasions.
Էջ 230 - These forms are adapted to ordinary occasions; and therefore persons who are nurtured in office, do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive comprehension of things, is requisite than ever office gave, or than office can ever give.
Էջ 367 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Էջ 272 - Rome, therefore, it was regarded as the mark of a good citizen never to despair of the fortunes of the republic, so the good citizen of the world, whatever may be the political aspect of his own times, will never despair of the fortunes of the human race, but will act upon the conviction, that...
Էջ 501 - Indeed it is impossible, in the rapidity and quick succession of words in conversation to have ideas both of the sound of the word, and of the thing represented : besides, some words, expressing real essences, are so mixed with others of a general and nominal import, that it is impracticable to jump from sense to thought, from particulars to generals, from things to words, in such a manner as to answer the purposes of life; nor is it necessary that we should.