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 | George Berkeley - 1871
...thinking things which perceive them. 4. 9 It is indeed an opinion 10 strangely prevailing amongst men, L^ that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word all...natural or real, distinct from their being perceived ' ' 1 by the understanding. But, with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle... | |
 | John Hospers - 1968 - 387mga pahina
...minds of thinking things which perceive them. 4. It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word,...an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world, yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it in question may, if... | |
 | I. C. Tipton - 1976 - 397mga pahina
...prevailing amongst men' which is in fact the contrary of his own conclusion. Men hold, he admits, that 'sensible objects have an existence natural or real, distinct from their being perceived'. His tendency to exaggerate the extent to which he agrees with the vulgar has always to be seen against... | |
 | George Pitcher - 1977 - 277mga pahina
...I51). Here is another non-conciliatory passage: It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word...distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. (PHK I 4) And in the preface to the Principles, there is this bold non-conciliatory pronouncement:... | |
 | Richard Schacht - 1984 - 275mga pahina
...odd. He writes: It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains. . ., and in a word all sensible objects, have an existence,...from their being perceived by the understanding. But. . ., if I mistake not, [this] involves a manifest contradiction. For, what are the forementioned objects... | |
 | Thomas Krusche - 1987 - 380mga pahina
...ist ihm nur als Zustand seines Geistes gegeben: It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word...an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world, yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it in question may, if... | |
 | Howard Selsam, Harry Martel - 1987 - 384mga pahina
...quoted in textbooks on the history of philosophy). "It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word...distinct from their being perceived by the understanding" (§ 4). This opinion is a "manifest contradiction," says Berkeley. "For, what are the aforementioned... | |
 | M. A. Stewart - 1991 - 328mga pahina
...interpretation, for in Principles,, 4, he writes: "It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word...an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world ; yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it in question, may,... | |
 | Brian Beakley, Peter Ludlow - 1992 - 433mga pahina
...minds or thinking things which perceive them. It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word...an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world, yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it in question may, if... | |
 | Yuval Stienitz - 1994 - 120mga pahina
...Berkeley's book that express this unusual view: It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word,...their being perceived by the understanding. . . . But though it were possible that solid, figured, moveable substances may exist without the mind, corresponding... | |
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