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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: With Thoughts on the Conduct of the ... - Page 145
by John Locke - 1801 - 308 pages
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: To which are Now First ..., Volume 2

John Locke - 1828 - 424 pages
...which in their signification are general. When therefore we quit particulars, the generals that rest are only creatures of our own making; their general...nothing but the capacity they are put into by the understanding, of signifying or representing many particulars. For the signification they have is nothing...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: With the Author's Last Additions ...

John Locke - 1828 - 602 pages
...in their signification, are general. When, therefore, we quit particulars, the generals that rest, are only creatures of our own making, their general...nothing but the capacity they are put into by the understanding, of signifying or representing many particulars. For the signification they have, is...
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An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now first ..., Volume 2

John Locke - 1828 - 436 pages
...which in their signification are general. When therefore we quit particulars, the generals that rest are only creatures of our own making; their general...nothing but the capacity they are put into by the understanding, of signifying or representing many particulars. For the signification they have is nothing...
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Epea pteroenta. Or, The diversions of Purley. To which is annexed ..., Volume 1

John Horne Tooke - 1829 - 550 pages
...all of them particular in their existence. When therefore we quit Particulars, the Generals that rest are only creatures of our own making ; their general...nature being nothing but the capacity they are put into of signifying or representing many Particulars." Now from this necessity of General Terms, follows...
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Elements of the philosophy of the human mind

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...signification are geneial. — When, therefore, we quit particulars, the generals that rest are only crealures of our own making ; their general nature being nothing but the capacity they are put into by the understanding, of signifying or representing many particulars. For the signification they have, is...
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Elements of the philosophy of the human mind

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 474 pages
...signification are geneial. — When, therefore, we quit particulars, the generals that rest are only crcaiures of our own making ; their general nature being nothing but the capacity they are put ii/lo by the understanding, of signifying or representing many particulars. Foi the signification they...
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Epitome of English literature; or, A concentration of the matter ..., Volume 3

English literature - 1831 - 536 pages
...only signs, whether words or ideas. When therefore we quit particulars, the gene-^ rals that remain are only creatures of our own making, their general...nothing but the capacity they are put into by the understanding of signifying many particulars : for the signification they have is nothing but a relation,...
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Locke's Essay on the human understanding, condensed under the ...

John Locke - 1831 - 458 pages
...concern only signs, whether words or ideas. When therefore we quit particulars, the generals that remain are only creatures of our own making, their general...nothing but the capacity they are put into by the understanding of signifying many particulars : for the signification they have is nothing but a relation,...
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Literary remains of the late William Hazlitt. With a notice of his life, by ...

William Hazlitt - 1836 - 1000 pages
...existence. When, therefore, we quit particulars, the generals that rest are only creatures of our own; their general nature being nothing but the capacity they are put into of signifying or representing many particulars." I have, however, before shown how very loose, uncertain,...
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Biographical sketch

William Hazlitt - 1836 - 526 pages
...existence. When, therefore, we quit particulars, the generals that rest are only creatures of our own; their general nature being nothing but the .capacity they are put into of signifying or representing many particulars." I have, however, before shown how very loose, uncertain,...
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