 Now if we will annex a meaning to our words, and speak only of what we can conceive, I believe we shall acknowledge, that an idea, which considered in itself is particular, becomes general, by being made to represent or stand for all other particular...  Dogmatism and Evolution: Studies in Modern Philosophy - Page 195by Theodore De Laguna, Grace Mead Andrus De Laguna - 1910 - 259 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rudolf Eisler - 1912 - 910 pages
...(vermittelst des Wortes) eine ganze Klasse repräsentieren, vertreten. (Eine Vorstellung wird allgemein „by being made to represent or stand for all other particular ideas of the same sort".) Ein Dreieck, das weder gleichseitig noch ungleichseitig noch schiefwinkelig usw. ist. besteht höchstens... | |
 | Frank Thilly - 1914 - 640 pages
...neither swift nor slow, cutvilinear nor rectilinear. There are general ideas, to be sure, in this sense : an idea which, considered in itself, is particular...stand for all other particular ideas of the same sort. We use one name or sign for all particular ideas of the same sort, and because we use 'one name, we... | |
 | Frithiof Brandt - 1921 - 438 pages
...eller er eksempler for alle forestillinger af samme art, eller for at blive ved Berkeley's egen tekst: „I believe we shall acknowledge that an idea, which...for all other particular ideas of the same sort".* Er denne løsning en virkelig løsning? Har Berkeley med sin repræsentationstanke løst problemet:... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1921 - 660 pages
...ideas. " Let us now consider " (says he) the Bishop's notion of generalizing. An idea (he tells " us) which, considered in itself, is particular, becomes...represent or stand for all other particular ideas of t! the same sort. To make this plain by an example : Suppose (says " Berkeley) a geometrician is demonstrating... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1922 - 346 pages
...always supposed that they are formed by abstraction, after the manner set forth in Sects. VHI. and ix. Now if we will annex a meaning to our words, and speak...represent or stand for all other particular ideas of the tame sort. <^" To make this plain by an example, sup1 " To this I cannot assent, being of opinion "... | |
 | George Alexander Johnston - 1923 - 414 pages
...complementary ; and they are, in fact, both comprehended in one of Berkeley's general formulae : " An idea, which considered in itself is particular,...for all other particular ideas of the same sort." l And, since idea for Berkeley may mean either (a) a particular thing, or (6) a particular image, this... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1926 - 358 pages
...always supposed that they are formed by abstraction, after the manner set forth in Sects, vin. and ix. Now if we will annex a meaning to our words, and speak...stand for all other particular ideas of the same sort. <3T To make this plain by an example, sup1 " To this I cannot assent, being of opinion" edit. of 1710.... | |
 | Paul J. Olscamp - 1970 - 258 pages
...Mathematical signs are themselves particulars : they become general in the same ways as other signs: "by being made to represent or stand for all other particular ideas of the same sort."27 At this point an important distinction between geometry and algebra arises in Berkeley's philosophy.... | |
 | Flora Roy - 1978 - 180 pages
...the system with an attack on Locke's doctrine of abstract general ideas. General ideas he will allow: "An Idea, which considered in itself is particular,...for all other particular Ideas of the same sort." This sort of universal is admissible, in which a particular is generalized merely to represent its... | |
 | Peter Alexander - 1985 - 362 pages
...view by saying what he conceives a general idea, rather than an abstract general idea, to be. He says an idea, which considered in itself is particular,...or stand for all other particular ideas of the same sort.17 The weakness of this lies in the phrase 'of the same sort' and Berkeley lets it pass without... | |
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