 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 514 pages
...same appellation : I answer, all the unthinking objects of the mind agree in that they are entirely passive, and their existence consists only in being...unlike, that we distinguish between spirit and idea. See sect, xxvii. CXL. In a large sense, indeed, we may be said to have an idea, or rather a notion,... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1843 - 556 pages
...same appellation. [I answer, all the unthinking objects of the mind agree, in that they are entirely passive, and their existence consists only in being...unlike, that we distinguish between spirit and idea. See Sect, xxvu.] , CXXXVIII. [/ ansiver, if it does not in those mentioned, it is impossible it should... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1843 - 542 pages
...same appellation. [I answer, all the unthinking objects of the mind agree, in that they are entirely passive, and their existence consists only in being...not in being perceived, but in perceiving ideas and thinkmg. It is therefore necessary, in order to prevent equivocation, and confounding natures perfectly... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1843 - 548 pages
...same appellation. [I answer, all the unthinking objects of the mind agree, in that they are entirely passive, and their existence consists only in being...soul or spirit is an active being, whose existence con* sists not in being perceived, but in perceiving ideas and thinking. It is therefore necessary,... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1871 - 478 pages
...same appellation. I answer, all the unthinking objects of the mind agree in that they are entirely passive, and their existence consists only in being...being perceived, but in perceiving ideas and thinking 21 . It is therefore necessary, in order to prevent equivocation and confounding natures perfectly... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1871 - 478 pages
...same appellation. I answer, all the unthinking objects of the mind agree in that they are entirely passive, and their existence consists only in being...not in being perceived, but in perceiving ideas and thinking21. It is therefore necessary, in order to prevent equivocation and confounding natures perfectly... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1874 - 436 pages
...same appellation, I answer, all the unthinking objects of the mind agree in that they are entirely passive, and their existence consists only in being...active being, whose existence consists, not in being perceivecl, but 7h perceiving ideas and thinking21. It is therefore necessary, in order to prevent... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1874 - 430 pages
...same appellation, I answer, all the unthinking objects of the mind agree in that they are entirely passive, and their existence consists only in being perceived ; whereas a soul or spirit is an active^beiog^.whoseexistence consists, not in being perceived, but in perceiving ideas and thinking".... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1876 - 504 pages
...the idea of matter, involve any contradiction. What, then, is the notion ? Spirit, he says, is that ' active being, whose existence consists, not in being perceived, but in perceiving ideas and thinking,'3 whereas ideas are inactive and perceived by the spirit. It follows that we can only conceive... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1878 - 318 pages
...same appellation, I answer, all the unthinking objects of the mind agree, in that they are entirely passive, and their existence consists only in being...unlike, that we distinguish between spirit and idea. (See Sec. 27.) 140. In a large sense, indeed, we may be said to have an idea, or rather a notion of... | |
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... ideas, no reason can be assigned why that which is signified by the name spirit or soul may not partake in the same appellation, I answer, all the unthinking objects of the mind agree in that they are entirely passive, and their existence consists... 
