 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...to such rules as he himself has sd, and are termed by us the laws of nature. — When,4 says he, "in daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I ie or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present their, to my view ; and so likewise... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1828 - 540 pages
...such rules as ho himself has ordained, and are termed by us the laws of nature. — When,1' says he, "in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my poxvcr.to choose whether 1 shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present themselves... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1831 - 482 pages
...such rules as he himself has ordained, and are termed by us the laws of nature. — When," says he, " in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my...the ideas imprinted on them are not creatures of my wul. There is, therefore, some other will or spirit that produces them. The question between the materialists... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1834 - 394 pages
...such rules, as he himself has ordained and are termed by us the laws of nature. — When," says he, " in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my...themselves to my view ; and so, likewise, as to the hearingand other senses, the ideas imprinted on them are not creatures of my will. There is, therefore,... | |
 | John Mason Good - Natural history - 1837 - 482 pages
...such rules as he himself has ordained, and are termed by us the laws oí nature. — When," says he, " in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether 1 shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present themselves to my view ; and... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1843 - 542 pages
...own thoughts, I find the ideas actually perceived by sense have not a like dependence on my will.] When in broad day-light I open my eyes, it is not...imprinted on them are not creatures of my will. [There \&\ therefore some other will or spirit that produces them.^ ' XXX. Laws of nature. — [The ideas... | |
 | George Berkeley - Philosophy, Modern - 1843 - 552 pages
...own thoughts, I find the ideas actually perceived by sense have not a like dependence on my will.] When in broad day-light I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether 1, shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present themselves to my view ; and... | |
 | 1851 - 588 pages
...own thoughts, I find the ideas actually perceived by sense, have not a like dependence on my will. When in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in...particular objects shall present themselves to my view : so likewise as to the other senses, the ideas imprinted on them, are not the creatures of my will... | |
 | Robert Anchor Thompson - Christianity - 1855 - 522 pages
...of the self. The power of the mind to lend or withhold its attention has no effect upon the world. " When in broad day-light I open my eyes, it is not...particular objects shall present themselves to my view."2 In action, on the contrary, I am able to determine particular results by my exertion. Thus... | |
 | Robert Anchor Thompson - Christianity - 1856 - 518 pages
...of the self. The power of the mind to lend or withhold its attention has no effect upon the world. " When in broad day-light I open my eyes, it is not...particular objects shall present themselves to my view." 2 In action, on the contrary, I am able to determine particular results by my exertion. Thus the two... | |
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When in broad daylight I open my eyes, it is not in my power to choose whether I shall see or no, or to determine what particular objects shall present themselves to my view... 
