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... senses; the imagination; and the judgment. And first with regard to the senses. We do and we must suppose, that as the conformation of their organs are nearly or altogether the same in all men, so the manner of perceiving external ...
... senses; the imagination; and the judgment. And first with regard to the senses. We do and we must suppose, that as the conformation of their organs are nearly or altogether the same in all men, so the manner of perceiving external ...
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... sense of taste, and the rather as the faculty in question has taken its name from that sense. All men are agreed to call vinegar sour, honey sweet, and aloes bitter; and as they are all agreed in finding those qualities in those objects ...
... sense of taste, and the rather as the faculty in question has taken its name from that sense. All men are agreed to call vinegar sour, honey sweet, and aloes bitter; and as they are all agreed in finding those qualities in those objects ...
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... senses to that standard, and to regulate their feelings and opinions by it. Suppose one who had so vitiated his ... sense; the mind of man possesses a sort of creative power of its own; either in representing at pleasure the images ...
... senses to that standard, and to regulate their feelings and opinions by it. Suppose one who had so vitiated his ... sense; the mind of man possesses a sort of creative power of its own; either in representing at pleasure the images ...
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... senses. Now the imagination is the most extensive province of pleasure and pain, as it is the region of our fears and ... sense is pleased or displeased with the realities; and consequently there must be just as close an agreement in the ...
... senses. Now the imagination is the most extensive province of pleasure and pain, as it is the region of our fears and ... sense is pleased or displeased with the realities; and consequently there must be just as close an agreement in the ...
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... senses, in which the same difference is found, let us suppose a very smooth marble table to be set before two men; they ... sense equal, the greater attention and habit in such things will have the advantage. In the question about the ...
... senses, in which the same difference is found, let us suppose a very smooth marble table to be set before two men; they ... sense equal, the greater attention and habit in such things will have the advantage. In the question about the ...
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