 | Thomas Case - 1888 - Liczba stron: 442
...abstraction. Locke had supposed that we can form a perfectly abstract idea of a triangle, which is ' neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once.' l Berkeley devoted the Introduction of the ' Principles ' to a criticism of this modern conceptualism,... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1890 - Liczba stron: 600
...and the explainer of its import. Locke says, positively, " the general idea of a triangle " " must be neither oblique, nor rectangle, neither equilateral,...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... | |
 | Aubrey Lackington Moore - 1890 - Liczba stron: 426
...universal. The " recept " of a triangle is like Locke's abstract idea of a triangle, which — "Must be neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral,...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... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1890 - Liczba stron: 610
...a triunglt, [which is yet none 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 onee. In effect, it is something imperfect that cannot exist [ie, in fact, or actually] ; an idea wharein... | |
 | James Fitzjames Stephen - 1892 - Liczba stron: 392
...for instance, that we could form the general idea of a triangle which, in Locke's words, ' must be neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral,...nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once.' His own view was that words are only symbols, and that abstract words are only the names of parts of... | |
 | William James - 1892 - Liczba stron: 534
...abstract ideas. Locke had spoken of our possessing ' the general idea of a triangle' which " must be neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral,...nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once." Berkeley says: " If any man has the faculty of framing in his mind such an idea of a triangle as is... | |
 | New Zealand Institute - 1892 - Liczba stron: 882
...is yet none of the most abstract, comprehensive, or difficult) ? for it must neither be oblique uor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once." Bishop Berkeley, in his gravely sarcastic fashion, takes him to task over this description of the general... | |
 | John Locke - 1892 - Liczba stron: 572
...of the most abstract, comprehensive, and difficult,) for it must be neither oblique nor rectang.c, 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... | |
 | George Croom Robertson - 1894 - Liczba stron: 520
...paradoxical statement as to the 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 - 1897 - Liczba stron: 466
...of a triangle (which is yet none 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 is something imperfect that cannot exist, an idea wherein some parts of several different... | |
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For example, does it not require some pains and skill to form the general idea of a triangle ? (which is yet none of the most abstract comprehensive and difficult) ; for it must be neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon,... 
