 It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word all sensible objects, have an existence, natural or real ', distinct from their being perceived by the understanding.  The Science-history of the Universe - Page 78by Francis Rolt-Wheeler - 1909Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bowen - 1842 - 388 pages
...tastes sweet, and a lemon sour ; why a drum sounds hollow, and glass shrill. Yet, as Berkeley remarks, " it is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing among...from their being perceived by the understanding." But ask of such a believer a reason for the faith that is in him. What is that matter, for the existence... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1842 - 388 pages
...tastes sweet, and a lemon sour ; why a drum sounds hollow, and glass shrill. Yet, as Berkeley remarks, " it is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing among...from their being perceived by the understanding." But ask of such a believer a reason for the faith that is in him. What is that matter, for the existence... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1843 - 548 pages
...The vulgar opinion involves a contradiction. — It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word...an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world ; yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it in question, may,... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1843 - 542 pages
...The vulgar opinion involves a contradiction. — It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word...an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world ; yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it in question, may,... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1843 - 556 pages
...The vulgar opinion involves a contradiction.-~-It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word...an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world; yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it in question, may, if... | |
 | John Locke - 1854 - 560 pages
...minds or thinking things which perceive them. It is, indeed, an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word,...from their being perceived by the understanding." (Principles of Human Knowledge, | 3 et seq. ) The language here employed Hounds so much like banter,... | |
 | 1855 - 622 pages
...minds of thinking beings which perceive them. It is, indeed, an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word,...an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world, yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it in question, m:ty,... | |
 | Edward Tagart - 1855 - 530 pages
...sciences. " It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing among men," writes Berkeley, with amusing naivete, "that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a word all...from their being perceived by the understanding." " Is it not plainly repugnant that any one of these, or any combination of them, should exist unperceived... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1856 - 388 pages
...minds of thinking beings which perceive them. It is, indeed, an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word,...an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world, yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it in question, may, if... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1857 - 492 pages
...existence of matter." "It is an opinion," he observes, in " The Principles of Human Knowledge," " strongly prevailing among men, that houses, mountains, rivers,...word, all sensible objects, have an existence natural, real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. What are the forementioned objects... | |
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