 But this universal and primary opinion of all men is soon destroyed by the slightest philosophy, which teaches us, that nothing can ever be present to the mind but an image or perception, and that the senses are only the inlets, through which these images...  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 79by Dugald Stewart - 1813 - 509 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Hume - 1804 - 552 pages
...present to the mind but an image or perception, and that the senses are only the inlets through which these images are conveyed, without being able to produce...But the real table, which exists independent of us, suffers no alteration : It was, therefore, nothing but its image which waa present to the mind. These... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1811 - 590 pages
...be pre" tent to the mind but an image or perception. The senses "are only the inlets through which these images are con"veyed, without -being able to...produce any immediate "intercourse between the mind and tlie object. "J That both of these very acute writers, too, understood, in its literal sense, the word... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - 540 pages
...present to the mind but an image or perception, and that the senses are only the inlets through which these images are conveyed, without being able to produce...object. The table, which we see, seems to diminish, as \vc remove farther from it: But the real table, which exists independent of us, suffers no alteration... | |
 | 1825 - 666 pages
...present to the mind but an image or impression : and that the senses are only the inlets through which these images are conveyed, without being able to produce...immediate intercourse between the mind and the object. It admits of no doubt, that Mr. Locke himself conceived these images, or copies of impressions, to... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 626 pages
...present to the mind but an image or perception, and that the senses are only the inlets through which these images are conveyed, without being able to produce...But the real table, which exists independent of us, suffers no alteration : It was therefore VOL. IV.' M nothing but its image which was present to the... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1827 - 706 pages
...and that the senses arc only the inlets through which these images are received, without being ever able to produce any immediate intercourse between the mind and the object." It is therefore acknowledged by this philosopher, to be a natural instinct or prepossession, an universal... | |
 | Lady Mary Shepherd - 1827 - 440 pages
...objects;" but that on the contrary, " the slightest philosophy teaches us, that the senses are not able to produce any immediate intercourse between the mind and the object ; for that the table which we see > seems to diminish as we remove further from it, but that the real... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 474 pages
...present to the mind, but an image, or perception : and that the senses are only the inlets, through which these images are conveyed ; without being able to...but the real table, which exists independent of us, suffers no alteration : it was, therefore, nothing but its image which was present to the mind. These,"... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...present to the mind, but an image, or perception : and that the senses are only the inlets, through which these images are conveyed ; without being; able to...but the real table, which exists independent of us, suffers no alteration : it was, therefore, nothing but its image which was present to the mind. These,"... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 450 pages
...can be present to the mind but an image or perception. The senses are only the inlets through which these images are conveyed, without being able to produce...immediate intercourse between the mind and the object" J That both of these very acute writers, too, understood, in its literal sense, the word resemblance,... | |
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