Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, viz. that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in a word all those bodies which compose the mighty... Outlines of Mental and Moral Science ... - Página 151por David Stuart (D.D.) - 1853 - 183 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Sylvester Morris - 1880 - 510 páginas
...ideas. So, then, Berkeley concludes — in his own eloquent statement of the famous " principle " : " Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind...that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, namely, that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in... | |
| 1881 - 308 páginas
....'501, &c.) To this quotation Dr. Lewins adds from Bishop Berkeley's " Principles of Human Knowledge." " Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind,...that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, — that all the choir of heaven and furniture of earth — in a word,... | |
| 1900 - 680 páginas
...consciousness apart from a thinking mind is a contradiction. "Some truths there are," says Berkeley, "so near and obvious to the mind that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, viz. : That all the choir of heaven and furniture of earth — in... | |
| 1884 - 610 páginas
...analysis of the following passages : — (a) " Some truths there are," he proceeds, " so near arid obvious to the mind, that a man need only open his eyes to see them." (6) It is plain, therefore, that if any part of the predicate is applicable to the subject it may be... | |
| Noah Porter - 1885 - 112 páginas
...God for the first time said let there be light and there was light! To use Berkeley's own language, "Some truths there are, so near and obvious to the...that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be,— to wit, that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth,... | |
| Noah Porter - 1885 - 114 páginas
...God for the first time said let there be light and there was light! To use Berkeley's own language, "Some truths there are, so near and obvious to the...that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be,— to wit, that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth,... | |
| Ernest Belfort Bax - 1886 - 460 páginas
...are derived immediately from our perception of the former. " Some truths there are," says Berkeley, " so near and obvious to the mind, that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, to wit, that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in... | |
| William Richard Hughes - 1890 - 126 páginas
...preceded Plato were exempt. Our Christian and episcopal Protagoras enunciates his " Principle " thus : " Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind that a man has only to open his eyes to see them. Such I take to be this most important one, that all the choir... | |
| Josiah Royce - 1892 - 550 páginas
...read in nature? Is not all my life a talking with God ? " Some truths there are," says Berkeley, " so near and obvious to the mind, that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, to wit, that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in... | |
| Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1895 - 352 páginas
...One might as easily divide a thing from itself as do this. Some truths there are so near and obvious that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, namely, that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth —... | |
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