Essays and treatises on several subjects, Volumes 1 à 4A. Millar, 1760 |
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... arifes the artifice of the oblique narration , employed in the Odyssey and Æneid ; where the hero is introduced , at firft , near the period of his designs , and afterwards shows us , as it were in perspective , the more diftant events ...
... arifes the artifice of the oblique narration , employed in the Odyssey and Æneid ; where the hero is introduced , at firft , near the period of his designs , and afterwards shows us , as it were in perspective , the more diftant events ...
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... arifes entirely from experience , when we find , that any particular objects are constantly con- joined with each other . Let an object be presented to a man of ever so strong natural reason and abilities ; if that object be entirely ...
... arifes entirely from experience , when we find , that any particular objects are constantly con- joined with each other . Let an object be presented to a man of ever so strong natural reason and abilities ; if that object be entirely ...
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... arifes from a customary conjunction of the object with something present to the memory or senses : I believe that it will not be difficult , upon these suppositions , to find other operations of the mind analogous to it , and E5 and to ...
... arifes from a customary conjunction of the object with something present to the memory or senses : I believe that it will not be difficult , upon these suppositions , to find other operations of the mind analogous to it , and E5 and to ...
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... arifes from fimilar causes , with the tranfition of thought and vivacity of conception here explained . When I throw a piece of dry wood into a fire , my mind mind is immediately carried to conceive , that it aug- 86 SECTION V.
... arifes from fimilar causes , with the tranfition of thought and vivacity of conception here explained . When I throw a piece of dry wood into a fire , my mind mind is immediately carried to conceive , that it aug- 86 SECTION V.
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... arifes from a superiority of chances on any fide ; and according as this fuperiority encreases , and furpasses the oppo- site chances , the probability receives a proportionable encrease , and begets still a higher degree of belief or ...
... arifes from a superiority of chances on any fide ; and according as this fuperiority encreases , and furpasses the oppo- site chances , the probability receives a proportionable encrease , and begets still a higher degree of belief or ...
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abſolute abſtract acknowleged actions alſo appear argument arife ariſes aſcribe aſſurance becauſe cafe caſe cauſe and effect cerning circumſtance concerning conclufion conjoined connexion conſequences contrary courſe cuſtom defire diſcover diſpute diſtant eaſy enquiry epic poetry eſtabliſh eſteem evidence excite exiſtence experience fact fame farther fatisfaction feem fide fimilar firſt fome fuch give human idea imagination impoſſible impreſſion infer inſtance intereſt intirely itſelf juſt knowlege laſt leſs mankind mind miracle moſt muſt nature neceffity neceſſary never nexion object obſerve operations oppoſite ourſelves paffion particular paſſing paſſions paſt perſon phænomena philoſophers pleaſure poſſible preſent principles produce propoſition queſtion reaſon relation reſemblance reſult rience ſame ſay ſcene ſcepticism ſcience ſecret ſeems ſenſation ſenſes ſenſible ſentiments ſerve ſeveral ſhall ſhould ſome ſpecies ſpeculation ſtep ſtill ſtrong ſubject ſuch ſufficient ſupport ſuppoſed ſuppoſition ſyſtem teſtimony theſe thoſe thro tion tranſition univerſe uſe uſual whoſe witneſſes
Fréquemment cités
Page 175 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Page 178 - ... integrity as to place them beyond all suspicion of any design to deceive others; of such credit and reputation in the eyes of mankind as to have a great deal to lose in case of their being detected in any falsehood, and at the same time attesting facts performed in such a public manner and in so celebrated a part of the world as to render the detection unavoidable— all which circumstances are requisite to give us a full assurance in the testimony of men.
Page 89 - It is more conformable to the ordinary wisdom of nature to secure so necessary an act of the mind, by some instinct or mechanical tendency, which may be infallible in its operations, may discover itself at the first appearance of life and thought, and may be independent of all the laboured deductions of the understanding.
Page 60 - We have said that all arguments concerning existence are founded on the relation of cause and effect ; that our knowledge of that relation is derived entirely from experience ; and that all our experimental conclusions proceed upon the supposition that the future will be conformable to the past.
Page 80 - I say then that belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.
Page 160 - ... pleasure. A horse that has been accustomed to the field, becomes acquainted with the proper height which he can leap, and will never attempt what exceeds his force and ability. An old greyhound will trust the more fatiguing part of the...
Page 246 - While we cannot give a satisfactory reason, why we believe, after a thousand experiments, that a stone will fall, or fire burn; can we ever satisfy ourselves concerning any determination, which we may form, with regard to the origin of worlds, and the situation of nature, from, and to eternity?
Page 76 - If I ask why you believe any particular matter of fact which you relate, you must tell me some reason; and this reason will be some other fact connected with it. But as you cannot proceed after this manner in...
Page 29 - It is evident, that there is a principle of connexion between the different thoughts or ideas of the mind, and that, in their appearance to the memory or imagination, they introduce each other with a certain degree of method and regularity.
Page 162 - ... them. Animals, therefore, are not guided in these inferences by reasoning : neither are children : neither are the generality of mankind in their ordinary actions and conclusions: neither are philosophers themselves, who, in all the active parts of life, are in the main the same with the vulgar, and are governed by the same maxims.