 ... neither oblique, nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon ; but all and none of these at once. In effect, it is something imperfect, that cannot exist; an idea wherein some parts of several different and inconsistent ideas are...  THE WORKS OF JOHN LOCKE - Sivu 26tekijä(t) J. JOHNSON - 1801Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1875 - 714 sivua
...some pains and skill to form the idea of a triangle, for it must be neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon ; but all, and none, of these at once." Here we have the inconsistency in its fullest form — " an exquisite contradiction," as the old writers... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1897 - 546 sivua
...requires some pains and skill to form such a notion, ' for it must be neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once.' ' Bishop Berkeley at once fastened upon this statement, and roundly asserted the impossibility of forming... | |
 | 1878 - 780 sivua
...ca«e reported by Critchett in Mcd. Clds. Trans., Vol. xxxviii. ^Contemporary Review, Feb., 1872. euum, but all and none of these at once. In effect it is somewhat imperfect that cannot exist ; an idea wherein some parts of several different and inconsistent... | |
 | John Locke - 1877 - 544 sivua
...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!" (Intr. to Prin. of Hum. Know!., § 18.) and foundations of all our other knowledge. For if there be... | |
 | 1878 - 606 sivua
...difficulty of forming the general idea of a triangle (which " must be neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once "), that it is based on a confusion of the extent with the content of a notion. It was against this... | |
 | 1878 - 608 sivua
...difficulty of forming the general idea of a triangle (which " must be neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once "), that it is based on a confusion of the extent with the content of a notion. It was against this... | |
 | 1878 - 692 sivua
...difficulty of forming the general idea of a triangle (which " must be neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once "), that it is based on a confusion of the extent with the content of a notion. It was against this... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1878 - 318 sivua
...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 ? 14. Much is here said of the difficulty that abstract ideas carry with them, and the pains and skill... | |
 | John Locke - 1879 - 722 sivua
...of the most abstract, comprehensive, and difficult ;) for it must be neither oblique, nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon ; but all and none of these at once. In effect, it ia something imperfect, that cannot exist ; an idea wherein some parts of several different and inconsistent... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1883 - 714 sivua
...Locke says, in effect, " the general idea of a triangle " " must be neither oblique, nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once." " In effect it is ... an idea in which some parts of several different and inconsistent ideas are put together." It is... | |
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