T 1.1.7.14
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Thirdly, I believe every one, who examines the situation of his mind in reasoning, will agree with me, that we do not annex distinct and compleat ideas to every term we make use of, and that in talking of government, church, negotiation, conquest, we seldom spread out in our minds all the simple ideas, of which these complex ones are compos'd. 'Tis however observable, that notwithstanding this imperfection we may avoid talking nonsense on these subjects, and may perceive any repugnance among the ideas, as well as if we had a full comprehension of them. Thus if instead of saying, that in war the weaker have always recourse to negotiation, we shou'd say, that they have always recourse to conquest, the custom, which we have acquir'd of attributing certain relations to ideas, still follows the words, and makes us immediately perceive the absurdity of that proposition; in the same manner as one particular idea may serve us in reasoning concerning other ideas, however different from it in several circumstances.
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| Garrett 1981 | (T17-24) T 1.1.6.3 to T 1.1.7.17 (19 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …plying the term 'oneself'. This idea of oneself is obviously a "general or abstract idea" (T17-24), consisting, as suc… |
| Ainslie 2009 | T 1.1.7 T 1.1.7 (20 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …an is sometimes assumed. Most obviously, as Hume shows his treatment of general thoughts (T 1.1.7), our tendency to a… |
| Strawson 2011 | 1.1.7.2-14 T 1.1.7 (13 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …cu re,unclear,seee.g.33/1.2.3.1,162/1.3.14.14,648/Abs§7,78n/ 7.29n;imperfect,seee.g.18-23/1.1.7.2-14,222/1.4.3.8,77/7.29… |
| Pitson 2013 | SBN 23 T 1.1.7 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …s a principle of connexion between the different thoughts or ideas of the mind" (EHU 3.1; SBN 23)-as confirmation of… |