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 489
... perceive objects , either they act upon us , or we act upon them . This does not appear felf - evident , nor have I ever met Ejays on with any proof of it ‡ . the intellec- tual Powers of Man , Ellay ii . chap . 14 . 32 We think " Of ...
... perceive objects , either they act upon us , or we act upon them . This does not appear felf - evident , nor have I ever met Ejays on with any proof of it ‡ . the intellec- tual Powers of Man , Ellay ii . chap . 14 . 32 We think " Of ...
Page 492
... perceive extenfion , figure , ceptions of and folidity , & c . but we do not perceive them imme- and figure , diately as we perceive heat and cold ; for extenfion , fi- & c . not im- gure , and folidity , are not fenfations . Those ...
... perceive extenfion , figure , ceptions of and folidity , & c . but we do not perceive them imme- and figure , diately as we perceive heat and cold ; for extenfion , fi- & c . not im- gure , and folidity , are not fenfations . Those ...
Page 578
... perceive either a point only of the object , or elfe the whole . Now , if every point of the extended foul perceives only a point of the object , then is there no one thing in us that perceives the whole , or that can compare one On the ...
... perceive either a point only of the object , or elfe the whole . Now , if every point of the extended foul perceives only a point of the object , then is there no one thing in us that perceives the whole , or that can compare one On the ...
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alfo alſo animalcule antimony appear arfenic becauſe body brafs cafe calcination called caufe cauſe colour confequence confiderable confifts copper Cortes diftinct diſcovered diſtance divifions earth exiftence exiſtence extenfion faid fame fays fcrew fecond feems feen fenfation fenfe fent feparated feven feveral fhall fhould fide filver fimilar fimple fingle firft firſt fituation fize flider fmall folar folid fome fomething fometimes foon fore ftate ftill ftones fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fufion fulphur fuppofe furnace fyftem glafs himſelf ideas impoffible inches inftance inftrument iron itſelf kind laft lefs likewife litharge magnifier matter meaſure metals Mexicans Mexico micrometer microſcope mind moft Montezuma moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion paffing pelvis perceive perception perfon philofophers poffible pofition prefent purpoſe pyrites quantity reafon refemblance refpect reft ſmall ſome ſpace Spaniards thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tube uſed uterus veffel