 | Curiosities and wonders - 1795 - 512 pages
...fubftantial forrrij and revived in the fhape of a fibrous motion ! It is defined a con* tra£tion, or motion, or configuration, of the fibres which conftitute the immediate organ of fenfe ; and it is employed to fignify thofe notions of external things that our organs of fenie bring us... | |
 | Medicine - 1799 - 570 pages
...perifh. But Dr Darwin, throughout his whole work, inftead of limiting the fenfe of the term Idea to that contraction, or motion, or configuration of the fibres, which conftitute the immediate organ of fenfe, ufes it occafionally to exprefs alfo a ftate of the fpirit of animation, thus indifferently making... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - Science - 1800 - 676 pages
...The word idea has various meanings in the writers of metaphyfic : it is here ufed limply for thofe notions of external things, which our organs of fenfe...part of the work. Synonymous with the word idea, we fliall fometimes ufe the words fenfual motion in contradiftinction to mufcular motion. 8. The word... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Knowledge, Theory of - 1803 - 238 pages
...word idea has various meanings in (f the writers of metaphyfic : It is here *' ufed simply for thofe notions of external " things, which our organs of...; and is •' defined, a contraction or motion, or con" figuration of the fibres, which conftitute " the immediate organ of fenfe f."~_Mr M'UME, who was... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1818 - 616 pages
...metaphysic: it is here used simply for those notions of external things, which our organs of sense bring us acquainted with originally; and is defined...or motion, or configuration, of the fibres, which constitute the immediate organ of sense; which will be explained at large in another part of the work.... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield, Henry Mackenzie - Classical literature - 1822 - 614 pages
..." has various meanings in the writers of me" taphyfic : It is here ufed limply for thofe no" tions of external things, which our organs of " fenfe bring...or motion, or " configuration, of the fibres, which conflitute " the immediate organ of fenfe f." — Mr HUME, who was lefs of a phyfiologift than Dr DARWIN,... | |
 | Thomas Reid - Philosophy - 1822 - 432 pages
...metaphysic : it is here used simply for those notions of external things, which our organs of sense bring us acquainted with originally ; and is defined,...contraction or motion, or configuration of the fibres, which constitute the immediate organ of sense."* Mr. Hume, who was less of a physiologist than Dr. Darwin,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 422 pages
...metaphysic: it is here used simply for those notions of external things, which our organs of sense bring us acquainted with originally; and is defined,...contraction, or motion, or configuration of the fibres, which constitute the immediate organ of sense." f Mr. Hume, who was less of a physiologist than Dr. Darwin,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 410 pages
...metaphysic : it is here used simply for those notions of external things, which our organs of sense bring us acquainted with originally ; and is defined,...contraction, or motion, or configuration of the fibres, which constitute the immediate organ of sense." f Mr. Hume, who was less of a physiologist than Dr. Darwin,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 430 pages
...metaphysic : it is here used simply for those notions of external things, which our organs of sense bring us acquainted with originally ; and is defined,...contraction, or motion, or configuration of the fibres, which constitute the immediate organ of sense." f Mr. Hume, who was less of a physiologist than Dr. Darwin,... | |
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The word idea has various meanings in the writers of metaphysic : it is here used simply for those notions of external things, which our organs of sense bring us acquainted with originally ; and is defined, a contraction, or motion, or configuration of... 
