... neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon ; but all and none of these at once. In effect, it is something imperfect, that cannot exist ; an idea wherein some parts of several different and inconsistent ideas are... An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Page 163by John Locke - 1805 - 510 pagesFull view - About this book
 | J. JOHNSON - 1801 - 374 pages
...rectangle, angle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon; but all and none of these at once. In effect, it is something imperfect, that cannot...ideas, and makes all the haste to them it can, for the conveniency of communication and enlargement of knowledge; to both which it is naturally very much... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1801 - 334 pages
...fomethmg imperfect, that cannot esiil ; an idea xvherein fome parts of feveral different and inconfiftent ideas are put together. It is true, the mind, in this imperfect ftate, has need of fuch ideas, and makes all the hafte to them it can, for the conveniency of communication... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1809 - 526 pages
...essences we know, such as triangu* larity and justice, imperfect ideas, ideas that cannot exist, ideas wherein some parts of several different and inconsistent ideas are put together, according to Mr./ Locke. Thus abstraction becomes as great a mystery in philosophy, as any that religion... | |
 | John Locke - 1816 - 1048 pages
...oblique, nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon; but all and none of these at once. In effect, it is something imperfect, that cannot...different and inconsistent ideas are put together. IL is true, the mind, in this imperfect state, has need of such ideas, and makes all the haste to them... | |
 | John Locke - 1819 - 468 pages
...oblique, nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon ; but all and none of these at once. In effect, it is something imperfect, that cannot...this imperfect state, has need of such ideas, and mnkus all the haste to them it can, for the conveniency of communication and enlargement of knowledge;... | |
 | John Locke - 1819 - 460 pages
...equicrural, nor scaleiion •; but all and none of these at once. In effect, it is something imper* feet, that cannot exist; an idea wherein some parts of several...true, the mind, in this imperfect State, has need ofsuch ideas, and makes all the haste to them it can, for the conveniency of communication and enlargement... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 514 pages
...equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenum ; but all and none of these at once. In effect, it is somewhat imperfect that cannot exist ; an idea, wherein some...different and inconsistent ideas are put together." — Essay on Human Understanding, b. iv. c. vii. sect. ix. This is the idea which he thinks needful... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 506 pages
...scalenum ; but all and none of these at once. In effect, it is somewhat imperfeet that cannot exist j an idea, wherein some parts of several different and. inconsistent ideas are put together." — Essay on Human Understanding, b. iv. c. vii. sect. ix. This is the idea which he thinks needful... | |
 | Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1822 - 546 pages
...nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon ; but a//, and none .of these at once. In effect, it is something imperfect that cannot exist...different and inconsistent ideas are put together." * Of this strange description, so unworthy of its great author, and. I may add, so unworthy also of... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 404 pages
...oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon ; but all and none of these at once. In effect, it is something imperfect, that cannot...ideas, and makes all the haste to them it can, for the conveniency of communication and enlargement of knowledge ; to both which it is naturally very much... | |
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