 Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind, that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, to wit, that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in a word all those bodies which compose the...  The Science-history of the Universe - Page 78by Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1909Full view - About this book
 | Arthur Kenyon Rogers - 1907 - 540 pages
...not plainly repugnant that any one of these, or any combination of them, should exist unperceived ?" that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important 6ne to be, viz., that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in a word all those bodies... | |
 | Archibald Browning Drysdale Alexander - 1908 - 640 pages
...possible that they should have any existence out of the minds of thinking things which perceive them. " All the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in a word, all these bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world, have not any subsistence without a mind —... | |
 | Richard Sporbert - 1910 - 94 pages
...Ursache der Vorstellungen ein Geist, eine unkörperliche tätige Substanz ist." 1 Princ., sect. 6: Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind...to see them. Such I take this important one to be, that ... all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world, liave not any subsistence without... | |
 | Jay William Hudson - 1911 - 150 pages
...of the reality of the outer world is forcibly presented toward the very beginning of the Principles: "Some truths there are so near and obvious to the...this important one to be, viz., that all the choir of I heayen_.§nd_ furniture of the earth, in. a word all those bodies \ which compose the mighty frame... | |
 | George Stuart Fullerton - 1912 - 326 pages
...hoard maxims and bow down before the wisdom of the fathers. " Some truths there are," he tells us,4 "so near and obvious to the mind that a man need only...to see them. Such I take this important one to be, namely, that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in a word all those bodies which compose... | |
 | Rudolf Eisler - 1912 - 910 pages
...(,,their ,esse' is pcrcipi"), das ganze räumliche Universum setzt sich aus Empfindungskomplexen zusammen („that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in a word all those bodies which composes the mighty frame of the world, have not any subeistence without a mind, that their being is... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1912 - 636 pages
...perceive nothing but our own ideas. With magnificent confidence, he passes at once to the assertion: Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind that a mail need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, viz. that all the choir... | |
 | George Berkeley, Earl John Perceval, Benjamin Rand - 1914 - 336 pages
...'.Principles' Berkeley had expressed these convictions in a passage remarkable for its literary beauty : ' Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind...furniture of the earth, in a word all those bodies which comprise the mighty frame of the world, have not any subsistence without a mind ; that their being... | |
 | John Waugh Scott - 1919 - 236 pages
...obvious when once thought about, that the only wonder is that people had not thought about it sooner. " Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind...viz. that all the choir of heaven and furniture of earth — in a word, all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world — have not any... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1919 - 342 pages
...Pembroke to whom Locke had addressed his Essay. The issue was now declared, and in what language ! — Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind...to see them. Such I take this important one to be, to wit, that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in a word all those bodies which comprise... | |
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