 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1849 - 484 pages
...universally acknowledged by all the inquirers into natural philosophy; namely, that light and colours, as apprehended by the imagination, are only ideas in the mind, and not qualities that have any existence in matter. As this is a truth which has been proved incontestably by many modern philosophers,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 726 pages
...universally acknowledged by all the inquirers into natural philosophy : namely, that light and colours, as apprehended by the imagination, are only ideas in 'the mind, and not qualities that have any existence in matter. As this is a truth which has been proved incontestably by many modern philosophers,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 710 pages
...universally acknowledged by all the inquirers into natural philosophy : namely, that light and colours, as apprehended by the imagination, are only ideas in the mind, and not qualities that have any existence in matter. As this is a truth which has been proved incontestably by many modern philosophers,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, P.P. - London. - Spectator, 1711-14 - 1864 - 344 pages
...universally acknowledged by all the inquirers into natural philosophy, — namely, that light and colours, as apprehended by the imagination, are only ideas in the mind, and not qualities that have any existence in matter. As this is a truth which has been proved incontestably by many modern philosophers,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1870 - 688 pages
...universally acknowledged by all the inquirers into natural philosophy : namely, that light ,and colours, as apprehended by the imagination, are only ideas in the mind, and not qualities that have any existence in matter. As this is a truth which has been proved incontestably by many modern philosophers,... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1892 - 390 pages
...universally acknowledged by all the inquirers into natural philosophy — namely, that light and colours, as apprehended by the imagination, are only ideas in the mind, and not qualities that have any existence in matter. As this is a truth which has been proved incontestably by many modern philosophers,... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 316 pages
...universally acknowledged by all the Enquirers into Natural Philosophy * Namely, that Light and Colours, as apprehended by the Imagination, are only Ideas in the Mind, and not Qualities that have any Existence in Matter, As this is a Truth which has been proved incontestably by many Modern Philosophers,... | |
 | University of Wisconsin - 1922 - 300 pages
...universally acknowledged by all the enquirers into Natural Philosophy; namely, that Light and Colours, as apprehended by the Imagination are only Ideas in the Mind, and not Qualities that have any Existence in Matter. As this is a Truth that has been proved incontestably by many Modern Philosophers,... | |
 | Meyer Howard Abrams - 1971 - 420 pages
...poet entertained 'that great modern discovery,' as Addison called it, 'that lights and colours . . . are only ideas in the mind, and not qualities that have any existence in matter,' he was usually inspired, like Addison, to praise not his own excellence, but... | |
 | Thomas Reid, William Hamilton, Harry M. Bracken, Thomas Reid, Sir William Hamilton - 1094 pages
...universally acknowledged by all the inquirers into natural philosophy — namely, that light and colours, produces its effect without ever being attended to, or made an object of thought. existence in matter. As this is a truth which has been proved incontest.ibly by many modern philosophers,... | |
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I have here supposed that my reader is acquainted with that great modern discovery, which is at present universally acknowledged by all the inquirers into natural philosophy: namely, that light and colours, as apprehended by the imagination, are only... 
