I demonstrated the proposition of the abstract idea of a triangle. [And here it must be acknowledged that a man may consider a figure merely as triangular, without attending to the particular qualities of the angles, or relations of the sides. So far... Elements of the philosophy of the human mind - Page 76by Dugald Stewart - 1829Full view - About this book
| Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 560 pages
...entering on any new speculations concerning our reasoning powers; and shall, at the same time, introduce some occasional illustrations of the principles which...the angles, or relations of the sides. So far he may ab* See a book entitled, Elements of Intellectual Philosophy, by the late learned aud justly regretted... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 582 pages
...P. 195, 3d edit, on both sides, " that we.have a power of reasoning concerning a " figure considered merely as triangular, without attending to the " particular...qualities of the angles, or relations of the sides ;" and also, that " we may reason concerning Peter or John, con" sidered so far forth as man, or so... | |
| Thomas Reid - 1815 - 434 pages
...unwarily to grant all that is necessary to support abstract and general conceptions. " A man," he says, " may consider a figure merely as triangular, without attending to the particular qualitics of the angles, or relations of the sides. So far he may abstract. But this will never prove... | |
| George Berkeley - 1820 - 506 pages
...demonstrated the proposition of the abstract idea of a triangle. And here it must be acknowledged that a man may consider a figure merely as triangular, without...abstract general inconsistent idea of a triangle. In like manner we may consider Peter so far forth as man, or so far forth as animal, without framing... | |
| George Berkeley - 1820 - 514 pages
...demonstrated the proposition of the abstract idea of a triangle. And here it must be acknowledged that a man may consider a figure merely as triangular, without...abstract general inconsistent idea of a triangle. In like manner we may consider Peter so far forth as man, or so far forth as animal, without framing... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 348 pages
...thing admitted on both sides, " that we have a power of reasoning concerning a " figure considered merely as triangular, without attending to the " particular...qualities of the angles, or relations of the sides ;" and also, that " we may reason concerning Peter or John, considered so " far forth as man, or so... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 pages
...words. " Berkeley, in his reasoning against abstract general ideas, seems un• willingly or unwarily to grant all that is necessary to support abstract...passage Dr. Reid makes the following remark : " If а тая " may consider aßgure merely as triangular, he must have some toncep" tiim "j this object... | |
| Thomas Reid - 1827 - 706 pages
...unwarily to grant all that is necessary to support abstract and general conceptions. " A man," be says, " may consider a figure merely as triangular, without...abstract general inconsistent idea of a triangle." If a man may consider a figure merely as triangular, he must have some conception of this object of... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 442 pages
...a thing admitted on both sides, " that we have a power of reasoning concerning a figure considered merely as triangular, without attending to the particular...qualities of the angles, or relations of the sides ; " and also, that " we may reason concerning Peter or John, considered so far forth as man, or so... | |
| Johann Eduard Erdmann - 1842 - 662 pages
...the sides are at all concerned in the demonstration. — And here it must be acknowledged. that a man may consider a figure merely as triangular, without...qualities of the angles or relations of the sides. So far the may abstract. But this will never prove, that he can frame an abstract general inconsistent idea... | |
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