 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 514 pages
...minds -or thinking things which perceive them. IV. It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word...from their being perceived by the understanding. But with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 506 pages
...or thinking things which perceive them. . K IV. It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word...from their being perceived by the understanding. But with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world... | |
 | 1826 - 434 pages
...strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word, all sensible objects,have an existence, natural or real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. But with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world,... | |
 | Theology - 1835 - 700 pages
...supposition of such a world as is commonly believed to exist, is absurd. " It is indeed an opinion strongly prevailing among men, that houses, mountains, rivers,...from their being perceived by the understanding." Principles of Human Knowledge, $ 4. " From what has been said, it follows, there is not any other substance... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 526 pages
...possible they should have any existence, out of the minds or thinking things which perceive them. " 4. It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing among...from their being perceived by the understanding. But with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Authors, English - 1836 - 538 pages
...possible they should have any existence, out of the minds or thinking things which perceive them. " 4. It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing among...from their being perceived by the understanding. But with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 1000 pages
...possible they should have any existence, out of the minds or thinking things which perceive them. " 4. It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing among...from their being perceived by the understanding. But with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world,... | |
 | Alexander Duff - Hinduism - 1839 - 738 pages
...expose the fallacy of " the opinion strangely prevailing among men, that houses, mountains, rivers, &c., in a word, all sensible objects have an existence...distinct from their being perceived by the understanding ! " These, however, were only the whimsies and the reveries of fallible men. It remained for the sages... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Philosophy - 1842 - 388 pages
...in his own mind. He fully believes in the uniformity of her laws, — that like causes will produce like effects. He is confident, for instance, that...faith that is in him. What is that matter, for the existence of which you contend ? It is something that is extended, figured, colored, hard or soft,... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Philosophy - 1842 - 388 pages
...tastes, and sounds. These are effects produced on the mind. We take cognizance of them, and can fiven specify the occasions, on which they are excited....faith that is in him. What is that matter, for the existence of which you contend ? It is something that is extended, figured, colored, hard or soft,... | |
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It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word all sensible objects, have an existence, natural or real ', distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. 
