T 1.2.4.7
SBN 41-2 · cited directly by 0 papers, reached by 2 more through page or section ranges
What chiefly gives rise to these objections, and at the same time renders it so difficult to give a satisfactory answer to them, is the natural infirmity and unsteadiness both of |our imagination and senses, when employ'd on such minute objects. Put a spot of ink upon paper, and retire to such a distance, that the spot becomes altogether invisible; you will find, that upon your return and nearer approach the spot first becomes visible by short intervals; and afterwards becomes always visible; and afterwards acquires only a new force in its colouring without augmenting its bulk; and afterwards, when it has encreas'd to such a degree as to be really extended, 'tis still difficult for the imagination to break it into its component parts, because of the uneasiness it finds in the conception of such a minute object as a single point. This infirmity affects most of our reasonings on the present subject, and makes it almost impossible to answer in an intelligible manner, and in proper expressions, many questions which may arise concerning it.
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| Spector 1998 | THN 1.4.2.42 T 1.2.4 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …osition of the continued existence of perceptions and objects is a "fallacy" and "error" (THN 1.4.2.42, p. 210). 36THN 1.… |
| Rocknak 2012 focused | T 1.4.2.41 T 1.2.4 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …"continu'd and uninterrupted being" ( T 1.4.2.40; SBN 208), and a "continu'd existence" ( T 1.4.2.41; SBN 208) and, "the… |