Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 11. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 484
... sense ; such as the notions of percep- tion , thinking , doubting , believing , reafoning , knowing , wil- ling , and all the different energies and paffions of our own minds . Of these operations we are always confcious when we are ...
... sense ; such as the notions of percep- tion , thinking , doubting , believing , reafoning , knowing , wil- ling , and all the different energies and paffions of our own minds . Of these operations we are always confcious when we are ...
Page 500
... sense . On these subjects it is impoffible to write without me taphor ; which , while the meaning is obvious , no man will condemn , who reflects that the words of lan- guage were not invented by metaphysicians , and are for the most ...
... sense . On these subjects it is impoffible to write without me taphor ; which , while the meaning is obvious , no man will condemn , who reflects that the words of lan- guage were not invented by metaphysicians , and are for the most ...
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... sense of things , or consciousness , tell us , that what thinks and wills has continued the fame from a distance of time as far back as we can remem- ber , it is certain , that , whether it be material or imma- terial , it has continued ...
... sense of things , or consciousness , tell us , that what thinks and wills has continued the fame from a distance of time as far back as we can remem- ber , it is certain , that , whether it be material or imma- terial , it has continued ...
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