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| David Hume - 1817 - 528 pages
...beyond the power of thought, except what implies an absolute contradiction. But though our thought seems to possess this unbounded liberty, we shall find,...compounding, transposing, augmenting, or diminishing the materials afforded us by the senses and experience. When we think of a golden mountain, we only join... | |
| David Hume - 1825 - 546 pages
...beyond the power of thought, except what implies an absolute contradiction. But though our thought seems to possess this unbounded liberty, we shall find, upon a nearer examination, that h is really confined within very narrow limits, and that all this creative power of the mind amounts... | |
| David Hume - 1825 - 526 pages
...beyond the power of thought, except what implies an absolute contradiction. But though our thought seems to possess this unbounded liberty, we shall find, upon a nearer examination, tiiul it is really confined within very narrow limits, and that all this creative power of the mind... | |
| David Hume - 1826 - 628 pages
...though our thought seems to possess this unbounded liberty, we shall find upon a nearer examinar tion, that it is really confined within very narrow limits,...compounding, transposing, augmenting, or diminishing the materials afforded us by the senses and experience. When we think of a golden mountain, we only join... | |
| Robert Owen - 1829 - 568 pages
...transport us in an instant into the most distant regions of the universe. But although our thought seema to possess this unbounded liberty, we shall find,...really confined within very narrow limits, and that au this creative power of the mind amounts to nothing more than the faculty of combining, trans-posing,... | |
| Robert Owen - 1839 - 556 pages
...transport us in an instant into the most distant regions of the universe. But, although our thought seems to possess this unbounded liberty, we shall find,...really confined within very narrow limits, and that all Mi's creative power of fhe mind amounts to nothing more than the faculty of combining, transposing,... | |
| David Hume - 1854 - 576 pages
...beyond the power of thought, except what implies an absolute contradiction. But though our thought seems to possess this unbounded liberty, we shall find upon...more than the faculty of compounding, transposing, i augmenting, or diminishing the materials afforded us by the senses and experience. When we think... | |
| David Hume - 1854 - 596 pages
...beyond the power of thought, except what implies an absolute contradiction. But though our thought seems to possess this unbounded liberty, we shall find upon...this creative power of the mind amounts to no more tban_the faculty of compounding,' transposing7 augmenting, or diminishing the matenZIFa^ the senses... | |
| Thomas Ebenezer Webb - 1857 - 218 pages
...class of Ideas on the occasion of the " comparison," — the Sceptic dogmatically maintains that " the creative power of the Mind amounts to no more than...compounding, transposing, augmenting, or diminishing the materials afforded us by the Senses and Experience" (sect. ii.) While the Intellectualist com* In obedience... | |
| Thomas Ebenezer Webb - 1857 - 214 pages
...class of Ideas on the occasion of the " comparison," — the Sceptic dogmatically maintains that " the creative power of the Mind amounts to no more than...compounding, transposing, augmenting, or diminishing the materials afforded us by the Senses and Experience" (sect. ii.) While the Intellectualist com* In obedience... | |
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