 | James Beattie - 1771 - 588 pages
...from his theory, and which he fays is the beft that he can give. " A cauie " is an object precedent and contiguous '* to another, and fo united with it,...the mind " to form the idea of the other, and the *' impremon of the one to form a more " lively idea of the other *." There are now in my view two contiguous... | |
 | James Beattie - 1776 - 504 pages
...can give. " A caufe is an object precedent and " contiguous to another, and fo united with " it, tnat the idea of the one determines the " mind to form the idea of the other, and the " impreffion of the one to form a more lively " clufions can be more agreeable to fcepticifm than fuch... | |
 | James Beattie (LL.D.) - 1807 - 400 pages
...is the best that he can give. " A cause is an object precedent and contigu" ous to another, and so united with it, that the " idea of the one determines...the mind to form the " idea of the other, and the impression of the one to f' form a more lively idea of the other *." There are now in my view two contiguous... | |
 | Lady Mary Shepherd - 1824 - 210 pages
...the latter. In the latter sense, a " cause is an object precedent and contiguous " to another, and so united with it, that the " idea of the one determines...the mind to form " the idea of the other, and the impression of " the one to form a more lively idea of the " other." c I now refer the reader to the... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 508 pages
...other definition in its place, viz. " A cause is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other. " Should this definition also be rejected... | |
 | Alfred Lyall - 1830 - 682 pages
...latter. In the latter sense, a " 'cause is an object precedent and contiguous " fo another, and so united with it, that the " idea of the one determines...the mind to form -" the idea of the other, and the impression of " the one to form a more lively idea of the " other" I now refer the reader to the three... | |
 | Ritter - 1853 - 680 pages
...Hum. nal. I p. 298. A cause is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united whit i(, that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other , and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other. ¿n bei' toccli, iiibtm uni une bcftimmt... | |
 | Edward Tagart - 1855 - 524 pages
...causes and effects, he defines a cause to be "an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it, that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other, and by Warburton on Hume's ' Natural History of Religion,' immediately on the first perusal of that Essay.... | |
 | 1865 - 912 pages
...these objects." His definition of cause is " an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other." Hume's doctrine is founded on his favourite... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 592 pages
...according to their experienced union. 'A cause is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other/ " — Human Nature, BI, Lee. xiv. (1.)... | |
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A cause is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it, that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other. 
