 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1764 - 616 pages
...it firft began to think and aft. ' Could' we obtain a diftincl and full hiftory, (fays our Author) of all that hath pafled in the mind of a child from...fince the beginning of the world. But it is in vain to wiih for what Nature has not put within the reach of our power. Reflection, the only inftrument by... | |
 | 1764 - 592 pages
...ufe of reafon ; how its infant faculties began to work, and how they brought forth and ripened ail the various notions, opinions, and fentiments, which...into the human faculties, than all the fyftems of pliilofophers about them fince the beginning of the world. But it is in vain to wiih for what Nature... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Philosophy - 1792 - 630 pages
...infant faculties began to work, " and how they brought forth and ripened all the various no" tions, opinions, and fentiments, which we find in ourfelves...into the human faculties, than all the fyftems of philo" fophers about them, fince the beginning of the world." To accomplifh an analyfis of thefe complicated... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Children - 1801 - 416 pages
...opinions, and fentiments, which we " find in ourfelves when we corne to be capable of re" fleclion, this would be a treafure of natural hiftory " which would probably give more light into the hu" man faculties, than, all the fyftems of philofophers " about them from the beginning of the world."... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Children - 1801 - 372 pages
...ourselves when " we come to be capable of reflection, this would be a " treasure of natural history which would probably give " more light into the human faculties, than all the systems *' of philosophers about them, from the beginning of the " world." The * This has been formerly... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1802 - 632 pages
...hiftory of all that •** hath paffed in the mind of a child, from the begin" ning of life and fenfalion, till it grows up to the ufe " of reafon ; how its...philofophers about " them, fince the beginning of the world." To accomplifh an analyfis of thefe complicated phenomena into the fimple and original principles of... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1802 - 610 pages
...mind of a child, from the begin" ning of life and fenfation, till it grows up to the ufe " ofreafon; how its infant faculties began to work, and " how...than all the fyftems of philofophers about " them, fmce the beginning of the world." To accomplifh an analyfis of thefe complicated phenomena into the... | |
 | History - 1802 - 502 pages
...ourfelves when we come to be capable of reflection ; this would be a treafure of natural hiftory i which would probably give more light into the human...fince the beginning of the world. But it is in vain to wifli for what nature has not put within the reach of our power. Reflection, the only inftrument by... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Philosophy - 1808 - 590 pages
...diftinct and full hiftory of all that « hath pafled in the mind of a child, from the begin« ning of life and fenfation, till it grows up to the ufe...philofophers about " them, fince the beginning of the world." To ac. complifh an analyfis of thefe complicated phenomena into the fimple and original principles... | |
 | Thomas Reid - Common sense - 1810 - 502 pages
...in ourselves when we come to be capable of reflection ; this would be a treasure of natural history, which would probably give more light into the human faculties, than all the systems of philosophers about them since the beginning of the world. But it is in vain to wish for... | |
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... sensation, till it grows up to the use of reason; how its infant faculties began to work, and how they brought forth and ripened all the various notions, opinions, and sentiments, which we find in ourselves when we come to be capable of reflection,... 
