 | Bob Brecher - 2002 - 228 pages
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 | David M. Rosenthal - 2000 - 336 pages
...question, and all this in a moment of time; for thought is quick. Train of thoughts regulated. The second is more constant; as being regulated by some desire,...thought of some means we have seen produce the like of that which we aim at; and from the thought of that, the thought of means to that mean; and so continually,... | |
 | Roger Ariew, Eric Watkins - 2000 - 326 pages
...followed that malicious question, and all this in a moment of time, for thought is quick. The second is more constant, as being regulated by some desire...desire or fear is strong and permanent, or (if it ceases for a time) of quick return; so strong it is sometimes, as to hinder and break our sleep. From... | |
 | Steven M. Cahn - 2002 - 1212 pages
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 | Steven M. Cahn - 2002 - 1236 pages
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 | Thomas Hobbes - 2002 - 664 pages
...of time, for thought is quick. 4. The second is more constant, as being regulated by some Train of desire and design. For the impression made by such things as we thoughts, desire or fear is strong and permanent, or (if it cease for a time) of regulated. i A scholastic... | |
 | Arthur M. Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, M. Richard Zinman - 2003 - 284 pages
...this coherence is rooted in "Passionate Thought" or "Desire." As the Wiltshire philosopher puts it, "From Desire, ariseth the Thought of some means we have seen produce the like of that which we ayme at; and from the thought of that, the thought of means to that mean; and so continually,... | |
 | Hans Siggaard Jensen, Lykke Margot Richter, Morten Thanning Vendel_ - 2003 - 242 pages
...across a fallen tree' (Polya [1945] 1957, p. 145) and also what Hobbes points to when he writes that 'from desire ariseth the thought of some means we have seen produce the like of that which we aim at' (Polya [1952] 1981, p. 2, emphasis added), in other words, we are familiar with... | |
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From desire ariseth the thought of some means we have seen produce the like of that which we aim at; and from the thought of that, the thought of means to that mean; and so continually till we come to some beginning within our own power. 
