I must here in the entrance beg pardon of my reader for the frequent use of the word "idea," which he will find in the following treatise. It being that term which, I think, serves best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a... HAND-BOOK OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS; - Page 307by GEORGE RIPLEY - 1852Full view - About this book
| William Dexter Wilson - Psychology - 1880 - 412 pages
...best to stand for whatever is the object of the under" standing when a man thinks. I have -used it to express " whatever is meant by phantasm, notion,...which the mind can be employed about in thinking." " I presume," he continues, "it will be easily granted me " that there are such ideas in men's minds;... | |
| William Stanley Jevons - Logic - 1881 - 364 pages
...term used ambiguously, but generally equivalent to thought, notion, concept. Defined by Locke as " Phantasm, notion, species, or whatever it is which the mind can be employed about in thinking." To have an idea of a thing is to think of that thing. Identity, law of, 117—8 Idol ,;.•;«., Am-,... | |
| Charles Porterfield Krauth - Philosophy - 1881 - 1080 pages
...understanding, when a man thinks: I have used it to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, specie*, or whatever it is which the mind can be employed about in thinking/ 7 Against this modern use of the word idea, more especially in reference to the doctrine of perception... | |
| Henry Allon - 1883 - 610 pages
...is the object of the under- j believe what the sentence declares. standing when a man thinks . . . whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or...which the mind can be employed about in thinking.' Manifestly we have here a widely different use of the term from that of Aristotle, when (with a side-glance... | |
| Henry Allon - 1883 - 610 pages
...idea,' he explains that he means ' whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks . . . whatever is meant by phantasm, notion, species, or...which the mind can be employed about in thinking.' Manifestly we have here a widely dif-ferent use of the term from that of Aristotle, when (with a side-glance... | |
| Thomas Case - Cognition - 1888 - 442 pages
...serves best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks, I have used it to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion,...is which the mind can be employed about in thinking ; and I could not avoid frequently using it.' 1 These words, which, if anywhere, ought to have come... | |
| Thomas Case - Cognition - 1888 - 434 pages
...serves best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks, I have used it to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion,...is which the mind can be employed about in thinking ; and I could not avoid frequently using it.' 1 These words, which, if anywhere, ought to have come... | |
| David Kay - Memory - 1888 - 388 pages
...serves best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks, I have used it to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion,...which the mind can be employed about in thinking." — John Locke. "The word ' idea,' as one prostituted to all meanings, it 'vere perhaps better altogether... | |
| David Kay (F.R.G.S.) - Memory - 1888 - 378 pages
...serves best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding when a man thinks, I have used it to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion,...which the mind can be employed about in thinking." — John Locke. "The word ' idea,' as one prostituted to all meanings, it v;ere perhaps better altogether... | |
| William Fleming - Philosophy - 1890 - 458 pages
...best to stand for whatsoever is the object of the understanding, when a man thinks; I have used it to express whatever is meant by phantasm, notion,...is which the mind can be employed about in thinking " (Locke's Essay, bk. i. eh. i.). Mill has said : — " The always acute and often profound author... | |
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