Essays and treatises on several subjects, Volumes 1 à 4A. Millar, 1760 |
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... course of the passions , and prevents that communication of the several emotions , by which one scene adds force to another , and transfuses the pity and terror , which it excites , upon each succeeding scene , ' till the whole produces ...
... course of the passions , and prevents that communication of the several emotions , by which one scene adds force to another , and transfuses the pity and terror , which it excites , upon each succeeding scene , ' till the whole produces ...
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... course of his narration , exceeds the first proposition of his subject ; and that the anger of ACHILLES , which caused the death of HECTOR , is not the fame with that which produced so many ills to the GREEKS . But the strong connexion ...
... course of his narration , exceeds the first proposition of his subject ; and that the anger of ACHILLES , which caused the death of HECTOR , is not the fame with that which produced so many ills to the GREEKS . But the strong connexion ...
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... course of nature ; that they are supposed to be contiguous in time ; and that being detached from all other events , and being the only original facts , which revelation dif- covers , they strike the eye at once , and naturally re- call ...
... course of nature ; that they are supposed to be contiguous in time ; and that being detached from all other events , and being the only original facts , which revelation dif- covers , they strike the eye at once , and naturally re- call ...
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... course in the dark assures us of the prefence of fome person : Why ? because these are the effects of the human make and fabric , and closely connected with it . If we anatomize all the other reasonings of this . nature , we shall find ...
... course in the dark assures us of the prefence of fome person : Why ? because these are the effects of the human make and fabric , and closely connected with it . If we anatomize all the other reasonings of this . nature , we shall find ...
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... course of nature , are also readily confessed to be known only by experience ; nor does any man imagine that the explosion of gunpowder , or the attraction of a loadstone could ever be disco- vered by arguments à priori . In like manner ...
... course of nature , are also readily confessed to be known only by experience ; nor does any man imagine that the explosion of gunpowder , or the attraction of a loadstone could ever be disco- vered by arguments à priori . In like manner ...
Expressions et termes fréquents
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.