...oblique, nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenan ; but all and none of them at once. In effect, it is something imperfect, that cannot...different and inconsistent ideas are put together." There cannot be a more erroneous notion of the process of generalization than that which is embodied...

...essences we know, such as triangularity and justice, imperfect ideas, ideas that cannot exist, ideas wherein some parts of several different and inconsistent ideas are put together, according to Mr. Locke. Thus abstraction becomes as great a mystery in philosophy, as an that religion...

...essences we know, such as triangularity and justice, imperfect ideas, ideas that cannot exist, ideas wherein some parts of several different and inconsistent ideas are put together, according to Mr. Locke. Thus abstraction becomes as great a mystery in philosophy, as any that religion...

...essences we know, such as triangularity and justice, imperfect ideas, ideas that cannot exist, ideas wherein some parts of several different and inconsistent ideas are put together, according to Mr. Locke. Thus abstraction becomes as great a mystery in philosophy, as any that religion...

...equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenum ; but all and none of these at once. In effect it ia somewhat imperfect that cannot exist ; an idea, wherein some...different and inconsistent ideas are put together." Essay on Human Understanding, b. iv. c. vii. § 9. This is the idea, which he thinks needful for the...

...equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenum ; but all and none of these at once. In effect it is somewhat imperfect that cannot exist ; an idea, wherein some...different and inconsistent ideas are put together." Essay on Human Understanding, b. iv. c. vii. § 9. This is the idea, which he thinks needful for the...

...equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenum; but all and none of these at once. In effect it is somewhat imperfect that cannot exist; an idea, wherein some...different and inconsistent ideas are put together." Essay on Human Understanding, b. iv. c. vii. § 9. This is the idea, which he thinks needful for the...

...neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenum ; but all and none of these at once. He also saith, it is an idea wherein some parts of several different and inconsistent ideas are put together.^ All this looks very like a contradiction. But to put the matter past dispute, it must be noted, that...

...oblique, nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon ; but all and none of these at once. In effect, it is something imperfect, that cannot...inconsistent ideas are put together. It is true, the mind m this imperfect state has need of such ideas, and makes all the haste to them it can, for the conveniency...

...oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral , equicrural, nor scalenon, but all or none of these at once. In effect, it is something imperfect that cannot exist,...different and inconsistent ideas are put together.' It is evident from Locke's whole reasoning, that what he meant was, that all triangles, whether equilateral,...