Philosophical Works, Volume 1Cambridge Press, 1967 - Philosophy |
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... easily conclude that there will be no slight profit in transferring whatsoever we find asserted of magnitudes in general to that particular species of magnitude which is most easily and distinctly depicted in our imagination . But it ...
... easily conclude that there will be no slight profit in transferring whatsoever we find asserted of magnitudes in general to that particular species of magnitude which is most easily and distinctly depicted in our imagination . But it ...
Page 186
... easily conceive that if some body exists with which my mind is conjoined and united in such a way that it can apply itself to consider it when it pleases , it may be that by this means it can imagine corporeal objects ; so that this ...
... easily conceive that if some body exists with which my mind is conjoined and united in such a way that it can apply itself to consider it when it pleases , it may be that by this means it can imagine corporeal objects ; so that this ...
Page 390
... easily convert themselves into tears , even although no sadness has preceded . And if some old people also weep very easily from vexation , it is not so much the temperament of their body as that of their mind that disposes them to do ...
... easily convert themselves into tears , even although no sadness has preceded . And if some old people also weep very easily from vexation , it is not so much the temperament of their body as that of their mind that disposes them to do ...
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