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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. "
An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry ... - Page 330
by James Beattie - 1771 - 568 pages
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The History of the Works of the Learned ..., Volume 6

Bibliography - 1739 - 480 pages
...that the Idea of the one determines the *' Mind to form the Idea of the other, and the Im" preflion of the one to form a more lively Idea of «' the other." Should this Definition be rejected for the fame Reafon as the foregoing, he knows no other Remedy,...
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Essays: On the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to ..., Volume 1

James Beattie - Classical education - 1776 - 504 pages
...find, that the idea of the one determines my mind to form the idea of the other, and the impreffion of the one to form a more lively idea of the other....according to our author's definition, the one houfe is the caufe, and the other the effect! — Again, day and night have always been contiguous and fucceffive...
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An Essay on the Nature and Immuntability of Truth: In Opposition to ...

James Beattie (LL.D.) - Truth - 1807 - 400 pages
...find, that the idea of the one determines my mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other....that, according to our author's definition, the one house is the cause, and the other the effect ! — Again, day and night have always been contiguous...
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An Essay Upon the Relation of Cause and Effect: Controverting the Doctrine ...

Lady Mary Shepherd - Causation - 1824 - 210 pages
...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 three Sections already mentioned, as found in the 2d Vol. of Mr. Hume's...
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The Philosophical Works of David Hume ...

David Hume - Ethics - 1826 - 508 pages
...imagination, 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 ; we shall make still less difficulty of assenting to this opinion. Such an influence on the mind is...
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A Review of the Principles of Necessary and Contingent Truth, in Reference ...

Alfred Lyall - Truth - 1830 - 682 pages
...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 Sections already mentioned, as found in the 2d Vol. of Mr. Hume's...
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Geschichte der Philosophie, Volume 12

Ritter - Philosophy - 1853 - 680 pages
...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 finben uiijcvc ©ebonfen »on ber Цфф ju ber SSirfung übergeben...
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Geschichte der christlichen Philosophie, Volume 8

Heinrich Ritter - Philosophy - 1853 - 698 pages
...it, that the idea of the one determinei the mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other. in bec Seele, inbem »ir unö beftimmt finben unfere ®e* banfen »on bet Пфф 511 ber SBirfung übergeben...
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The British and Foreign Evangelical Review, Volume 14

Theology - 1865 - 912 pages
...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 principle, '' that all our ideas are copied from our impressions...
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The Elements of Intellectual Science: A Manual for Schools and Colleges ...

Noah Porter - Intellect - 1871 - 592 pages
...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.) The advocates of each of these theories overlook the real question...
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