T 1.2.4.26
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'Tis true, mathematicians pretend they give an exact definition of a right line, when they say, it is the shortest way |betwixt two points. But in the first place I observe, that this is more properly the discovery of one of the properties of a right line, than a just definition of it. For I ask any one, if upon mention of a right line he thinks not immediately on such a particular appearance, and if 'tis not by accident only that he considers this property? A right line can be comprehended alone; but this definition is unintelligible without a comparison with other lines, which we conceive to be more extended. In common life 'tis establish'd as a maxim, that the streightest way is always the shortest; which wou'd be as absurd as to say, the shortest way is always the shortest, if our idea of a right line was not different from that of the shortest way betwixt two points.
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| Strawson 2011 | 1.4. 2.50 T 1.2.4 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …intainedthatopinioninwo rdsonly,andwereneverabletobringthemselvessincerelytobelieveit(214/1.4. 2.50) 'tisinvaintoask,W… |
| 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 … |
| Rocknak 2019 | T 1.4.2.49-50 T 1.2.4 (6 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ct objects that, as such, allegedly cause our interrupted and varied perceptions of them (T 1.4.2.49-50; SBN 213). In this … |
| 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'… |