 | John Locke - 1824 - 552 Seiten
...and the make of our animal spirits are concerned in this, and whether the temper of the brain makes this difference, that in some it retains the characters...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. fy 6. But concerning the ideas themselves Constantly it is easy to remark, that those that are ™Peate*i... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 606 Seiten
...like free-stone, and in others little better than sand; I shall not here inquire : though it may f seem probable, that the constitution of the body does...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. § 6. But concerning the ideas themselves Constantly it is easy to remark, that those that are fep... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1827 - 414 Seiten
...strip the mind of all its ideas, and " the flames of a fever, in a few days, calcine all those im" ages to dust and confusion, which seemed to be as lasting " as if graved on marble.' Such is the poverty of language, " that it is, perhaps, impossible to find words with respect... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 602 Seiten
...there is no more notion nor memory of colours left in their minds, than in those of people born blmd. The memory of some men, it is true, is very tenacious,...which seemed to be as lasting, as if graved in marble. § 6. Constantly repeated ideas can scarce be lost. — But concerning the ideas themselves, it is... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 392 Seiten
...and the make of our animal spirits are concerned in this, and whether the temper of the brain makes this difference, that in some it retains the characters...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. Constantly § 6. But concerning the ideas themrepeated selves, it is easy to remark that those that... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 390 Seiten
...does sometimes influence the memory ; since we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind of ail its ideas, and the flames of a fever in a few days...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. Constantly § 6. But concerning the ideas themrepeated selves, it is easy to remark that those that... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1829 - 654 Seiten
...difference, that, in some it retains the characters drawn on it like marble, in others like free itone, and in others little better than sand ; I shall not...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble." A good memory has these qualifications: (1.) It is ready to receive and admit, with perfect ease, the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 454 Seiten
...not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear" He afterwards adds, that " we sometimes find a disease strip the mind of all its ideas, and the flames of...confusion which seemed to be as lasting as if graved on marble" Such is the poverty of language, that it is, perhaps, impossible to find words with respect... | |
 | John Locke - 1831 - 458 Seiten
...this I shall not here inquire ; though it probably does influence the memory, since we oftentimes find the flames of a fever, in a few days, calcine all...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. Those ideas that are oftenest refreshed by a return of the objects that produced them, fix themselves... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 536 Seiten
...1 shall not here. inquire ; though it probably does influence the memory, since we oftentimes find the flames of a fever, in a few days, calcine all...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. Those ideas that are oftenest refreshed by a return of the objects that produced them, fix themselves... | |
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... this difference, that in some it retains the characters drawn on it like marble ; in others like freestone ; and in others, little better than sand, I shall not here inquire : though it may seem probable, that the constitution of the body does sometimes... 
