 | Thomas Reid - 1827 - 706 pages
...immediate objects of other powers of the mind. Fourth, " If material things were perceived by themselves, they would be a true light to our minds, as being the intelligible form of our understandings, and consequently perfective of them, and indeed superior to them " If I comprehend any thing of this mysterious... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1846 - 1080 pages
...immediate objects of other powers of the mind. Fourth, " If material things were perceived by themselves, they would be a true light to our minds, as being the intelligible form of our understanding.«, and consequently perfective of them, and indeed superior to them." If I comprehend... | |
 | Thomas Reid, William Hamilton, Harry M. Bracken, Thomas Reid, Sir William Hamilton - 1094 pages
...immutable being the only objects of science. [124] 4thlyv If material things were perceived by themselves, they would be a true light to our minds, as being the intelligible form of our understandings, and consequently perfective of them, and, indeed, superior to them. Malebranche's system was adopted by... | |
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Although things necessary and immutable be not the immediate objects of perception, they may be immediate objects of other powers of the mind. Fourth, " If material things were perceived by themselves, they would be a true light to our minds, as being... 