A Search of Truth in the Science of the Human Mind, Part First
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Mr. Hume maintains, that we have no idea of substance, space, time, extension, or of a mathematical point, and no abstract ideas. He says, a straight line is not well defined to be the shortest distance between two points, and thinks that more than one right line, may be drawn between two points; as for instance, supposing two lines to approach at the rate of an inch in twenty leagues, he perceives no absurdity in asserting, that upon their contact they become one. He as- serts, that we are inc...apable in geometry, of telling when two figures are equal, when a line is a right one, and when a surface is a plain one. He maintains, that it is impossible for us to form any idea of any thing specifically different Mu Hum^s Principles. 231 £roin ideas and impressions; that all our arguments concern- ing causes and effects, consist both of an impression of the memory or senses, and of the idea of that existence, which produces the object of the impression, or is produced by it.
" He asserts, that it is impossible to distinguish the memory and imagination; that the belief or assent which always at- tends the memory and senses, is nothing but the vivacity of those perceptions they present; that the necessity which ■ makes two times two equal to four, or the three angles of a triangle equal to two right ones, lies only in the act of the understanding, by which we compare these ideas; and that in like manner, the necessity or power which unites causes and effects, lies in the determination of the mind to pass from the one to the other, Mr.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Mr. Hume maintains, that we have no idea of substance, space, time, extension, or of a mathematical point, and no abstract ideas. He says, a straight line is not well defined to be the shortest distance between two points, and thinks that more than one right line, may be drawn between two points; as for instance, supposing two lines to approach at the rate of an inch in twenty leagues, he perceives no absurdity in asserting, that upon their contact they become one. He as- serts, that we are inc...apable in geometry, of telling when two figures are equal, when a line is a right one, and when a surface is a plain one. He maintains, that it is impossible for us to form any idea of any thing specifically different Mu Hum^s Principles. 231 £roin ideas and impressions; that all our arguments concern- ing causes and effects, consist both of an impression of the memory or senses, and of the idea of that existence, which produces the object of the impression, or is produced by it.
" He asserts, that it is impossible to distinguish the memory and imagination; that the belief or assent which always at- tends the memory and senses, is nothing but the vivacity of those perceptions they present; that the necessity which ■ makes two times two equal to four, or the three angles of a triangle equal to two right ones, lies only in the act of the understanding, by which we compare these ideas; and that in like manner, the necessity or power which unites causes and effects, lies in the determination of the mind to pass from the one to the other, Mr.
What to read after A Search of Truth in the Science of the Human Mind, Part First?
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