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... notion of extension , and of form or figure 29. On the sensations of heat and cold 30. Of the sensations of hardness and softness 31. Of certain indefinite feelings sometimes ascribed to the touch 32. Relation between the sensation and ...
... notion of extension , and of form or figure 29. On the sensations of heat and cold 30. Of the sensations of hardness and softness 31. Of certain indefinite feelings sometimes ascribed to the touch 32. Relation between the sensation and ...
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... notions , and their relation to simple Page 83 ib . 84 85 86 72. Supposed complexness without the antecedence of simple feelings 87 73. The precise sense in which complexness is to be understood 74. Illustrations of analysis as applied ...
... notions , and their relation to simple Page 83 ib . 84 85 86 72. Supposed complexness without the antecedence of simple feelings 87 73. The precise sense in which complexness is to be understood 74. Illustrations of analysis as applied ...
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... notions which have an internal origin 107. Other instances of ideas which have an internal origin CHAPTER II ... notion of duration 113. Illustrations of the nature of duration 114. Of time and its measurements , and of eternity ...
... notions which have an internal origin 107. Other instances of ideas which have an internal origin CHAPTER II ... notion of duration 113. Illustrations of the nature of duration 114. Of time and its measurements , and of eternity ...
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... notions may be traced to its animal wants , to the light that breaks in from its window , and to the few objects in the immediate neighbourhood of the cradle and hearth . When it has become a few years of age , there are other sources ...
... notions may be traced to its animal wants , to the light that breaks in from its window , and to the few objects in the immediate neighbourhood of the cradle and hearth . When it has become a few years of age , there are other sources ...
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... notions of an internal origin , which would undoubtedly have arisen , if the powers of the mind had previously been rendered fully operative ORIGIN OF KNOWLEDGE IN GENERAL . 23 Illustration from the case of James Mitchell.
... notions of an internal origin , which would undoubtedly have arisen , if the powers of the mind had previously been rendered fully operative ORIGIN OF KNOWLEDGE IN GENERAL . 23 Illustration from the case of James Mitchell.
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Page 242 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee : I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind; a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Page 303 - The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
Page 103 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 182 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Page 310 - The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, And like a lobster boiled, the morn From black to red began to turn," The imagination modifies images, and gives unity to variety ; it sees all things in one, il piti nelV uno.
Page 120 - This source of ideas every man has wholly in himself; and though it be not sense, as having nothing to do with external objects, yet it is very like it, and might properly enough be called internal sense...
Page 162 - Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 108 - IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots...
Page 227 - Invention is one of the great marks of genius ; but if we consult experience we shall find, that it is by being conversant with the inventions of others that we learn to invent, as by reading the thoughts of others we learn to think.