Elements of the philosophy of the human mind / By Dugald Stewart.
- Dugald Stewart
- Date:
- 1808
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Credit: Elements of the philosophy of the human mind / By Dugald Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Elements of the philosophy of the human mind / By Dugald Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![effeftrix, ut haftenus femper vifum eft illas, dum fomnio, abfque ulla rerum externarum ope in me formari; ac denique quamvis a rebus a me dl- verfts procedereiit, non inde fequitur illas rebus ‘‘ iftis fimiles efle debere ; quinimo in m.ultis faepe magnum difcrimen videor deprehendifle ; lie, ex- empli caufa, duas diverfas folis ideas apud me in- venio, unam tanquam a fenlibus hauftam, et quae maxime inter illas quas adventitias exiftimo eft recenfenda, per quam mihi valde parvus apparet j aliam vero ex rationibus aftronomiae defumptam, hoc eft ex notionibus quibufdam mihi innatis eli- citam vel quocumque alio modo a me fadlum, per quam aliquoties major quam terra exhibetur ; utraque profeclo ftmilis eidem foii extra me ex- iftenti elfe non poteft, et ratio perfuadet illam ei maxime effe diffimilem, qux quam proxime ab ipfo videtur emanafl'e. Quae omnia fatis demon- ftrant me non haclenus ex certo judicio, fed tan- turn ex caeco aliquo impulfu credidifte res qiiafdam ‘‘ a me diverfas exiftere, quae ideas ftve imagines fu* “ as per organa fenfuum, vel quolibet alio patio mi* hi immittant.*^ Among other animadverfions upon this medita* tion fent to Des Cartes by one of his correfpond- ents it is objeefted ;—Videris vertere in dubium non tantum utrum ideae aliquae procedant ex re- bus externis, fed etiam utrum omnino lint exter- nae res aliquae.’’ To which Des Cartes anfwers: Notandum eft, me non affirniaffe ideas rerum ma- terialium ex mente deduci, ut non fatis bona fide hie fingis; exprefle enim poftea oftendi ipfas a corporibus faepe advenire, ac per hoc corporum exiftentian probari.” Vide Objed'icns in Meditationes Renati Des Car-, tes^ cum ejufdefji ad illas PxfpQnjmiihui NOTE [C] page 70. IN confequence of the inferences which Mr. Hume](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29319663_0468.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
