 | 1739 - 480 pages
...foreign to the. Caufe. It is this, " A CAUSE is an Object prece*« dent and contiguous to another, and fo united " with it, 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... | |
 | James Beattie - 1771 - 588 pages
...the beft that he can give. " A cauie " is an object precedent and contiguous '* to another, and fo united with it, that " the idea of the one determines...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
...and which he says 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...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 houses, one of... | |
 | Lady Mary Shepherd - 1824 - 210 pages
...that " resemble 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 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... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 508 pages
...substitute this 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...of the one to form a more lively idea of the other. " Should this definition also be rejected for the same reason, I know no other remedy, than that the... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Heinrich Ritter - 1853 - 702 pages
...object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united whit 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... | |
 | Edward Tagart - 1855 - 530 pages
...he calls it, of 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...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
...necessary connection of these objects." His definition of cause is " an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it that the idea of the...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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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. 
