...do not fo eafily offer themfelves, as we are apt to imagine. For example, Does it not require fome Pains and Skill to form the general Idea of a Triangle ( which is yet none of the moft abftract, comprehenflve and difficult) for it muft be neither Oblique, nor Rectangle, neither...

...do not so easily offer themselves, as we are apt to imagine. For example, does it not require some pains and skill to form the general idea of a triangle...difficult), for it must be neither oblique, nor rectangle, angle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon; but all and none of these at once. In effect,...

...and-*do iiot so easily offer themselves, as we are apt to iinagiue. For example, does it not require some pains and skill to form the general idea of a triangle...difficult), for it must be neither oblique, nor rectangle, aflgte, n&ithef equilateral, equicrural, norscalenon; but all and hone of these at otice. In effect,...

...offer themfelves as we are ' apt to imagine. For example, does it not require fome ' pains and fkill to form the general idea of a triangle, ' (which is yet none of the moil abftrac\ comprehenfive, ' and difficult) ; for it muft be neither oblique, nor redl' angle, neither...

...being fictions of the mind. Does it not require some pains to form the general idea of a triangle ? for it must be neither oblique nor rectangle, neither...nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once. In short, it is something imperfect, thatcannot exist, — an idea comprising some parts of several different...

...be (a power to form with " some " pains and skill the general idea of a triangle," for instance, " neither oblique, nor rectangle, " neither equilateral,....scalenon, " but all, and none of these at once*") let writers learn to he less dogmatical, and readers to be less implicit. It is undeniable, that there...

...do not so easily offer themselves, as we are apt to imagine. For example, does it not require some pains and skill to form the general idea of a triangle (which is yet none of the tirost abstract, comprehensive, and difficult), for it must be neither oblique, nor rectangle, neither...

...do not so easily offer themselves, as we are apt to imagine. For example, does it not require some pains and skill to form the general idea of a triangle (which is yet none ojfthe most abstract, comprehensive, nnd difficult), for it must be neither oblique, nor rectangle,...

...description that is here given of the general idea of a triangle, which is, neither oblique, nor rectangle, equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once ? XIV. Much is here said of the difficulty that abstract ideas carry with them, and the pains and skill...

...require some pains and skill," says Mr Locke, in this often-quoted passage — " Does it not require some pains and skill to form the general idea of a triangle,...neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon ; but a//, and none .of these at once. In effect, it is something imperfect that cannot exist ; an idea,...