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Three sorts of qualities in bodies . — The qualities then that are in bodies , rightly considered , are of three sorts : First . The bulk , figure , number , situation , and motion or rest of their solid parts ; those are in them ...
Three sorts of qualities in bodies . — The qualities then that are in bodies , rightly considered , are of three sorts : First . The bulk , figure , number , situation , and motion or rest of their solid parts ; those are in them ...
Page 547
For the second sort , viz . , the powers to produce sun , yet when we see wax , or a fair face , receive several ideas in us by our senses , are looked upon change of colour from the sun , we cannot imagine as real qualities in the ...
For the second sort , viz . , the powers to produce sun , yet when we see wax , or a fair face , receive several ideas in us by our senses , are looked upon change of colour from the sun , we cannot imagine as real qualities in the ...
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Sweeps the long tract of day.14 As a poet Akenside was particularly interested in Locke's theory of primary and secondary qualities as interpreted by Addison because it attributed to the individual not only the ability to understand ...
Sweeps the long tract of day.14 As a poet Akenside was particularly interested in Locke's theory of primary and secondary qualities as interpreted by Addison because it attributed to the individual not only the ability to understand ...
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General Introduction | 1 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
ESSAY ON MAN | 60 |
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