 | 1797 - 616 pages
...prompted the study of philosophy,, or « the science of the connecting principles of Nature ;' and, a<t true happiness, according to Mr. Hume, consists in...to the proper exercise of our faculties, philosophy i» eminently qualified to promote the enjoyment of its ardent cultivators. Our readers will be glad... | |
 | 1797 - 618 pages
...prompted the study of philosophy, or ' the science of the connecting principles of Nature -,' and, as true happiness, according to Mr. Hume, consists in...repose which succeeds to the proper exercise of our fatuities, philosophy is eminently qualified to promote the enjoyment °^ 'ts ardent cultivators. Our... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 476 pages
...prompted the study of philosophy, or ' the science of the connecting principles of Nature;' and, as true happiness, according to Mr. Hume, consists in...hare often been observed to follow each other, and bare constantly presented themselves to the sense in that order, they come to be so connected together... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1869 - 498 pages
...he could have so little suspected it to have any connection. When two objects, however unlike, have often been observed to follow each other, and have constantly presented themselves to the senses in that order, they come to be connected together in the fancy, that the idea of the one seems,... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - 1993 - 872 pages
...recognize these relations. None of these estimates are accurate. When two objects, however unlike, have often been observed to follow each other, and have constantly presented themselves to the senses in that order, they come to be so connected in the fancy, that the idea of the one seems, of... | |
 | Andrew Ashfield, Peter de Bolla - 1996 - 332 pages
...he could have so little suspected it to have any connection. When two objects, however unlike, have often been observed to follow each other, and have...together in the fancy, that the idea of the one seems, of its own accord, to call up and introduce that of the other. If the objects are still observed to succeed... | |
 | Adam Smith - 2004 - 260 pages
...he could have so little suspected it to have any connection. When two objects, however unlike, have often been observed to follow each other, and have constantly presented themselves to the senses in that order, they come to be so connected together in the fancy, that the idea of the one... | |
 | Gordon Graham - 2004 - 264 pages
...he could have so little suspected it to have any connection. When two objects, however unlike, have often been observed to follow each other, and have constantly presented themselves to the senses in that order, they come to be so connected together in the fancy, that the idea of the one... | |
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... connected together in the fancy, that the idea of the one seems, of its own accord, to call up and introduce that of the other. If the objects are still observed to succeed each other as before, this connection, or, as it has been called, this association... 