Essays and treatises on several subjects, Volumes 1 à 4A. Millar, 1760 |
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... superior influence on the passions and imagination . Provided we agree about the thing , ' tis needless to dispute about the terms . The imagination has the command over all its ideas , and can join and mix and vary them , in all the ...
... superior influence on the passions and imagination . Provided we agree about the thing , ' tis needless to dispute about the terms . The imagination has the command over all its ideas , and can join and mix and vary them , in all the ...
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... superior vivacity . When I am a few miles from home , whatever relates to it touches me more nearly than when I am two hundred leagues distant ; tho ' even at that distance the reflecting on any thing in the neighbourhood of my friends ...
... superior vivacity . When I am a few miles from home , whatever relates to it touches me more nearly than when I am two hundred leagues distant ; tho ' even at that distance the reflecting on any thing in the neighbourhood of my friends ...
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David Hume. tween them ; that transition alone is not able to give a superior vivacity to any of the ideas , for want of some immediate impression * . No one can doubt but causation has the fame in- fluence as the other two relations of ...
David Hume. tween them ; that transition alone is not able to give a superior vivacity to any of the ideas , for want of some immediate impression * . No one can doubt but causation has the fame in- fluence as the other two relations of ...
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... superior evidence . To apply these principles to a particular instance ; we may observe , that there is no species of reasoning more common , more useful , and even necessary to human life , than that derived from the teftimony of men ...
... superior evidence . To apply these principles to a particular instance ; we may observe , that there is no species of reasoning more common , more useful , and even necessary to human life , than that derived from the teftimony of men ...
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... superior . In human nature , there is a certain experienced cohe- rence of defigns and inclinations ; so that when , from any facts , we have discovered one intention of any man , it may often be reasonable , from experience , to infer ...
... superior . In human nature , there is a certain experienced cohe- rence of defigns and inclinations ; so that when , from any facts , we have discovered one intention of any man , it may often be reasonable , from experience , to infer ...
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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.