The Selections From the Principles of Philosophy
The Selections From the Principles of Philosophy
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E. , of external objects). --FRENCH. ] and as it only considered otherobjects in so far as they were useful to the body, in which it wasimmersed, it judged that there was greater or less reality in eachobject, according as the impressions it caused on the body were moreor less powerful. Hence arose the belief that there was moresubstance or body in rocks and metals than in air or water, becausethe mind perceived in them more hardness and weight. Moreover, theair was thought to be merely nothing... so long as we experienced noagitation of it by the wind, or did not feel it hot or cold. Andbecause the stars gave hardly more light than the slender flames ofcandles, we supposed that each star was but of this size. Again, since the mind did not observe that the earth moved on its axis, orthat its superficies was curved like that of a globe, it was on thataccount more ready to judge the earth immovable and its surfaceflat. And our mind has been imbued from our infancy with a thousandother prejudices of the same sort which afterwards in our youth weforgot we had accepted without sufficient examination, and admittedas possessed of the highest truth and clearness, as if they had beenknown by means of our senses, or implanted in us by nature.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
E. , of external objects). --FRENCH. ] and as it only considered otherobjects in so far as they were useful to the body, in which it wasimmersed, it judged that there was greater or less reality in eachobject, according as the impressions it caused on the body were moreor less powerful. Hence arose the belief that there was moresubstance or body in rocks and metals than in air or water, becausethe mind perceived in them more hardness and weight. Moreover, theair was thought to be merely nothing... so long as we experienced noagitation of it by the wind, or did not feel it hot or cold. Andbecause the stars gave hardly more light than the slender flames ofcandles, we supposed that each star was but of this size. Again, since the mind did not observe that the earth moved on its axis, orthat its superficies was curved like that of a globe, it was on thataccount more ready to judge the earth immovable and its surfaceflat. And our mind has been imbued from our infancy with a thousandother prejudices of the same sort which afterwards in our youth weforgot we had accepted without sufficient examination, and admittedas possessed of the highest truth and clearness, as if they had beenknown by means of our senses, or implanted in us by nature.
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