Elements of the Philosophy of the Human MindT. Cadell, jun. and W. Davis, 1802 - 587 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 100
Seite 5
... concerning the poffibility or impoffibility of its being created ; concerning the efficient caufes of the changes which take place in it ; and even concerning the reality of its existence , independent of that of percipient beings : and ...
... concerning the poffibility or impoffibility of its being created ; concerning the efficient caufes of the changes which take place in it ; and even concerning the reality of its existence , independent of that of percipient beings : and ...
Seite 6
... concerning the non- existence of the material world , are from the conclu- fions of Newton , and his followers .-- It is farther evi- dent , that the metaphyfical opinions , which we may happen to have formed concerning the nature ...
... concerning the non- existence of the material world , are from the conclu- fions of Newton , and his followers .-- It is farther evi- dent , that the metaphyfical opinions , which we may happen to have formed concerning the nature ...
Seite 7
... concerning the laws , accord- ing to which these phenomena take place . Whether ( for example ) the caufe of gravitation be material or im- material , is a point about which two Newtonians may differ , while they agree perfectly in ...
... concerning the laws , accord- ing to which these phenomena take place . Whether ( for example ) the caufe of gravitation be material or im- material , is a point about which two Newtonians may differ , while they agree perfectly in ...
Seite 9
... concerning its future progrefs . The excellent models of this fpe- cies of investigation , which the writings of Dr. Reid exhibit , give us ground to expect that the time is not far diftant , when it fhall affume that rank which it is ...
... concerning its future progrefs . The excellent models of this fpe- cies of investigation , which the writings of Dr. Reid exhibit , give us ground to expect that the time is not far diftant , when it fhall affume that rank which it is ...
Seite 14
... concerning the human mind , very few indeed can be mentioned , who have at all times been able to guard against analogical theories . At the fame time , it must be acknowledged , that fince the pub- lication of Des Cartes ' writings ...
... concerning the human mind , very few indeed can be mentioned , who have at all times been able to guard against analogical theories . At the fame time , it must be acknowledged , that fince the pub- lication of Des Cartes ' writings ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abſtract affociation of ideas againſt almoſt appear arifes attention becauſe cafe caufe cauſe circumftances conclufions confequence confideration confidered conftitution connexion courſe curiofity diftinct diſcoveries doctrine effect effential eſtabliſhed exift exiſtence expreffed expreffion faculties faid fame fays fcience feems fenfations fenfe fenfible fhall fhould figns fimilar firſt fituation fleep fociety fome fpecies fpeculations ftate ftriking ftudy fubject fuch fufficient fuggefted fuppofed fuppofition furniſh fyftem genius habits happineſs hiftory himſelf human illuftrate imagination impoffible impreffions inftance inquiries intellectual intereſting inveſtigation itſelf language lefs leſs Lord Bacon memory mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffarily neceffary obfervations objects occafion opinion paffage particular perception perfon phenomena philofophers phyfical Plato pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent principles proceffes progrefs propofitions purpoſes purſuits queftion reafon recollect refpect refult remarks ſeems ſenſe ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves theory theſe things thofe thoſe thought tion truth underſtanding univerfals uſe whofe words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 228 - 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.
Seite 366 - 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.
Seite 325 - ... are produced with any constancy or any certainty, for this is not the nature of chance; but the rules by which men of extraordinary parts, and such as are called men of Genius work, are either such as they discover by their own peculiar observations...
Seite 509 - In thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood : he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time, nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice : his children — but here my heart began to bleed, and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait.
Seite 227 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Seite 289 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part. As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns.
Seite 481 - Bear me, Pomona ! to thy citron groves ; To where the lemon and the piercing lime, With the deep orange, glowing through the green, Their lighter glories blend.
Seite 378 - ... them. As Greece and Rome are the fountains from whence have flowed all kinds of excellence, to that veneration which they have a right to claim for the...
Seite 134 - 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?
Seite 292 - Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old ! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast, and freedom on each brow ; — How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fired at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring...