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Critical Essays on a Few Subjects Connected with the History and Present ... - Page 135
by Francis Bowen - 1842 - 352 pages
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The Works of John Locke, Volume 1

John Locke - 1823 - 380 pages
...our minds, the duration of ourselves, or any such other thing co-existent with our thinking. § 4. That we have our notion of succession and duration...mind, without variation and the succession of others. And we see that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - 1823 - 382 pages
...our minds, the duration of ourselves, or any such other thing co-existent with our thinking. § 4. That we have our notion of succession and duration...mind, without variation and the succession of others. And we see that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - 1823 - 438 pages
...begin to think again, seems to have no distance.' To which the author adds, ' and so I doubt not but it would be to a waking man if it were possible for...mind, without variation, and the succession of others; and we see, that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - 1823 - 672 pages
...until the moment he begins to think again, seems to him to have no distance. And so I doubt not but it would be to a waking man, if it were possible for...mind, without variation, and the succession of others; and we see, that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now added, i. analysis ...

John Locke - 1824 - 552 pages
...in our minds, the duration of ourselves, or any such other thing coexistent with our thinking, § 4. That we have our notion of succession and duration...mind, without variation and the succession of others. And we see, that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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Preface by the editor. Life of the author. Analysis of Mr. Locke's doctrine ...

John Locke - 1824 - 606 pages
...of ideas which we find to appear one after another in our own minds, seems plain to me, in thabfwe have no perception of duration, but by considering...mind, without variation and the succession of others. And we see, that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - 1824 - 702 pages
...perceptionat all, but it is quite lost to him; and the moment wherein he leaves oil" to think, til) the moment he begins to think again, seems to him...mind, without variation, and the succession of others. And we see, that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volume 2

1824 - 284 pages
...• THE SPECTATOR. No. 94. to have no distance.' To which the author adds, ' and so I doubt not but it would be to a waking man, if it were possible for...mind, without variation, and the succession of others; and we see, that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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The Spectator, Volume 1

Joseph Addison - 1824 - 278 pages
...to have no distance.' To which the author adds, ' and so I doubt not but it would be to a wakingman, if it were possible for him to keep only one idea...mind, without variation, and the succession of others; and we see, that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now first ..., Volume 1

John Locke - 1828 - 392 pages
...our minds, the duration of ourselves, or any such other thing co-existent with our thinking. § 4. That we have our notion of succession and duration...mind, without variation and the succession of others. And we see that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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