...perceive or contemplate it. ' I But this universal and primary opinion of all men is sobn destroyed by the slightest philosophy, which teaches us, that nothing...table, which we see, seems to diminish, as we remove farther from it : But the real table, which exists independent of us, suffers no alteration : It was,...

...perceive or contemplate it. But this universal and primary opinion of all men is soon destroyed by the slightest philosophy, which teaches us, that nothing...table, which we see, seems to diminish, as we remove farther from it: But the real table, which exists independent of us, suffers no alteration : It was,...

...Mr. Hume tells us elsewhere, that " nothing can be pre" tent to the mind but an image or perception. The senses "are only the inlets through which these...produce any immediate "intercourse between the mind and tlie object. "J That both of these very acute writers, too, understood, in its literal sense, the word...

...fimilar to what is fuppofed in the ideal theory, or that, * " The slightest philosophy" (says Mr. Hume) "teaches us, that " nothing can ever be present to the mind, but an image, or per" ception ; and that the senses are only the inlets through whick> ." these images are conveyed...

...slightest philosophy" (says Mr. Hume) " teaches us, that nothing out " ever be present to the mind, hut an image, or perception ; and that the senses are...these images are conveyed ; without being able to 1 pro.luce any immediate intercourse between the mind and the object. The table, ttivb. we see, seems...

...Mr Hume tells us elsewhere, that " nothing can be present to the mind but an image " or perception. The senses are only the inlets " through which these images are conveyed, with* " out being able to produce any immediate inter" course between the mind and the object." t That...

...perceive or contemplate it. But this universal and primary opinion of all men is soon destroyed by the slightest philosophy, which teaches us that nothing...object. The table, which we see, seems to diminish, as \vc remove farther from it: But the real table, which exists independent of us, suffers no alteration...

...other. * See his Treatise on the Eye, vol. ii. p. 356. t " The slightest philosophy" (says Mr. Hume) " teaches us, that nothing can ever be •'present to...image, or perception ; and that the senses are only the in" lets through which these images are conveyed ; without being able to produce any inime" dialo intercourie...

...the in" lets through which these images are conveyed ; without being aMe to produce any imroe" diate intercourse between the mind and the object. The table, which we see, sei-uis to " diminish, as we remove farther from it : but the real table, which cuisis indppendent...

...t See his Treatise on the Eye, vol. ii. p. 356. Л í * The slightest philosophy" (says Mr. Hume) " teaches us, that nothing can - ever be present to...conveyed ; without being •• able to produce any immédiate intercourse between the mind and the object. " The table, which we see, seems to diminish,...