 | John Locke - 1828 - 390 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 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... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 602 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... | |
 | Victor Cousin - 1834 - 398 pages
...sleeps soundly, whether an hour or a day, a month, or a year ; of which duration of things, whilst he sleeps or thinks not, he has no perception at all,...mind, without variation and the succession of others." In this whole passage there is: 1. A confusion of two ideas very distinct, duration and succession.... | |
 | John Todd - 1835 - 414 pages
...off to think, till the moment we begin to think again, seems to have no distance. And so, no doubt, 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 Who lives longest. Thought from the prophet. thoughts very intently... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...begin to think again, seems to have no distance." To which the author adds, ' And so I doubt not but seph Addison and •we see, that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 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... | |
 | Victor Cousin - 1838 - 440 pages
...moment he begins to think again, seems to him to have no distance. And so, I doubt not, it would be to waking man, if it were possible for him to keep only...mind, without variation and the succession of others." In this whole passage there is : 1. A confusion of two ideas very distinct — duration and succession.... | |
 | John Todd - 1839 - 116 pages
...moment we begin to think again, seems to have no distance. And so, no doubt, it would be to awaking man, if it were possible for him to keep only one...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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 578 pages
...he has no perception at all, but it is quite lost to him ; and the moment wherein he leaves off ti think, till the moment he begins to think again, seems...mind, without variation and the succession of others." — Locke, on Human Understanding, Book 2, C'h. xiv. § 4. Can any language more clearly repudiate... | |
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And so I doubt not it would be to a waking man, if it were possible for him to keep only one idea in his 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... 
