An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volumen 1Cummings & Hilliard and J.T. Buckingham; J.T. Buckingham, Printer, 1813 |
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... distinguished by his great proficiency in polite litera- ture , he now applied himself to physic , but though he obtained some reputation at Oxford , he soon found his constitution inade- quate to the fatigues of the profession , and ...
... distinguished by his great proficiency in polite litera- ture , he now applied himself to physic , but though he obtained some reputation at Oxford , he soon found his constitution inade- quate to the fatigues of the profession , and ...
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... distinguished from other knowable truths . 14 If coming to the use of reason , were the time of their discovery , it would not prove them innate . 15 , 16 The steps by which the mind attains feveral truths . 17 Affenting as foon as ...
... distinguished from other knowable truths . 14 If coming to the use of reason , were the time of their discovery , it would not prove them innate . 15 , 16 The steps by which the mind attains feveral truths . 17 Affenting as foon as ...
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... distinguish species , real effence is supposed . farther evident from fpirits . 49 Which fuppofition is of no use ... distinguished by gene- ration . 24 Not by fubftantial forms . 25 The specific effences are made by the mind . 26 ...
... distinguish species , real effence is supposed . farther evident from fpirits . 49 Which fuppofition is of no use ... distinguished by gene- ration . 24 Not by fubftantial forms . 25 The specific effences are made by the mind . 26 ...
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... distinguish them . He , therefore , that talks of innate no- tions in the understanding , cannot ( if he intend thereby any dis- tinct sort of truths ) mean such truths to be in the understanding , as it never perceived , and is yet ...
... distinguish them . He , therefore , that talks of innate no- tions in the understanding , cannot ( if he intend thereby any dis- tinct sort of truths ) mean such truths to be in the understanding , as it never perceived , and is yet ...
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... distinguished from these maxims , and other innate truths . I shall have occasion to speak of assent , up- on the first proposing , more particularly by and by . I shall here only , and that very readily , allow that these maxims and ...
... distinguished from these maxims , and other innate truths . I shall have occasion to speak of assent , up- on the first proposing , more particularly by and by . I shall here only , and that very readily , allow that these maxims and ...
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abstract ideas actions amongst annexed appear assent becauſe belong capable cerning CHAP CHIG clear color complex ideas conceive concerning consciousness consider desire determined discourse distinct ideas distinguish doubt duration effence eral evident existence extension faculties fame body farther fimple fubftance happiness hath ideas of substances identity imprinted infinite infinity innate ideas innate principles knowledge liberty lordſhip men's mind mixed modes motion muſt names nature never nominal essence objects observe operations particles of matter particular perceive perception perhaps plain positive idea produce propositions raiſed real essence reaſon receive refurrection relation ſame ſay sensation and reflection sensation or reflection senses sensible qualities ſhall ſhould signify simple ideas solidity sort soul ſpeak species spirit stand ſubſtance ſuch supposed things thoſe thoughts tion true truth understanding uneasiness UNIV uſe whereby wherein whereof whilst wrong judgement
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Página 126 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Página xxix - THIS, therefore, being my purfiose, to inquire into the original, certainty, and extent of human knowledge, together with the grounds and degrees of belief, opinion, and assent...
Página 105 - All those sublime thoughts which tower above the clouds, and reach as high as heaven itself, take their rise and footing here: in all that great extent wherein the mind wanders in those remote speculations it may seem to be elevated with, it stirs not one jot beyond those ideas which sense or reflection have offered for its contemplation.
Página 92 - Our observation employed either about external sensible objects, or about the internal operations of our minds, perceived and reflected on by ourselves, is that which supplies our understandings with all the materials of thinking. These two are the fountains of knowledge from whence all the ideas we have or can naturally have do spring.
Página 108 - The dominion of man in this little world of his own understanding, being much-what the same as it is in the great world of visible things; wherein his power, however managed by art and skill, reaches no farther than to compound and divide the materials that are made to his hand; but can do nothing towards the making the least particle of new matter, or destroying one atom of what is already in being.
Página 115 - These I call original or primary qualities of body, which I think we may observe to produce simple ideas in us, viz. solidity, extension, figure, motion or rest, and number. §10. Secondly, such qualities which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities, ie by the bulk, figure, texture, and motion of their insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes, &c.
Página xxx - It will be no Excuse to an Idle and Untoward Servant, who would not attend his Business by Candle-light, to plead that he had not broad Sun-shine. The Candle, that is set up in us, shines bright enough for all our Purposes.
Página 38 - Characters, as it were stamped upon the Mind of Man, which the Soul receives in its very first Being; and brings into the World with it.
Página xxix - Since it is the UNDERSTANDING that sets man above the rest of sensible beings, and gives him all the advantage and dominion which he has over them; it is certainly a subject, even for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into.
Página 115 - Beyond all this we may find another reason why God hath scattered up and down several degrees of pleasure and pain, in all the things that environ and affect us, and blended them together, in almost all that our thoughts and senses have to do with ; that we, finding imperfection, dissatisfaction, and want of complete happiness, in all the enjoyments which the creatures can afford us, might be led to seek it in the enjoyment of Him " with whom there is fulness of joy, and at whose right hand are pleasures...