T 1.2.4.23
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There are therefore three proportions, which the mind distinguishes in the general appearance of its objects, and calls by the names of greater, less and equal. But tho' its decisions concerning these proportions be sometimes infallible, they are not always so; nor are our judgments of this kind more exempt from doubt and error, than those on any other subject. We frequently correct our first opinion by a review and reflection; and pronounce those objects to be equal, which at first we esteem'd unequal; and regard an object as less, tho' before it appear'd greater than another. Nor is this the only correction, which these judgments of our senses undergo; but we often discover our error by a juxta-position of the objects; or where that is impracticable, by the use of some common and invariable measure, which being successively apply'd to each, informs us of their different proportions. And even this correction is susceptible of a new correction, and of different degrees of exactness, according to the nature of the instrument, by which we measure the bodies, and the care which we employ in the comparison.
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| Pitson 2013 | T 1.4.2.46-48 T 1.2.4 (6 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …thstanding his own critical discussion of the philosophical view of a "double existence" (T 1.4.2.46-48; SBN 211-13)-so lon… |
| Inukai 2007 focused | T 1.4.2.47 T 1.2.4 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …e are certain, are per ceptions, which being immediately present to us by consciousness" (T 1.4.2.47, SBN 212). He divid… |
| Strawson 2011 | 1.4.2.47 T 1.2.4 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ationsofexistentialdependenceweknowthat'theexistenceofoneisdependentonthatoftheother'(212/1.4.2.47) -wehavenoempirical… |
| Cottrell 2015 | T 1.4.2.46 - 55 T 1.2.4.20 to T 1.2.5.5 (19 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …uses of our sensory impressions and attributes the defining properties of a body to them (T 1.4.2.46 - 55; SBN 211 - 17). He … |
| T 1.4.2.47 T 1.2.4 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …on cannot support the belief in external objects as "philosophical" people conceive them (T 1.4.2.47; SBN 212), he does … | |
| 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'… |