T 1.2.4.12
SBN 43 · cited directly by 0 papers, reached by 2 more through page or section ranges
There is therefore no medium betwixt allowing at least the possibility of indivisible points, and denying their idea; and 'tis on this latter principle, that the second answer to the foregoing argument is founded. It has been[10] pretended, that tho' it be impossible to conceive a length without any breadth, yet by an abstraction without a separation, we can consider the one without regarding the other; in the same manner as we may think of the length of the way betwixt two towns, and overlook its breadth. The length is inseparable from the breadth both in nature and in our minds; but this excludes not a partial consideration, and a distinction of reason, after the manner above explain'd.
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| Swain 2006 focused | T 1.4.2.43 T 1.2.4 (6 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …he distinctness of the distinct objects of perception, which is the case with the vulgar (T 1.4.2.43; SBN 209), or they … |
| Rocknak 2019 | T 1.4.2.43-53 T 1.2.4.10 to T 1.2.5.1 (26 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …to the senses," where he discusses the philosopher's rejection of the vulgar perspective (T 1.4.2.43-53; SBN 209-16). Hume'… |