T 1.2.5.26
SBN 64 · cited directly by 3 papers, reached by 1 more through page or section ranges
I answer this objection, by pleading guilty, and by confessing that my intention never was to penetrate into the nature of bodies, or explain the secret causes of their operations. For besides that this belongs not to my present purpose, I am afraid, that such an enterprize is beyond the reach of human understanding, and that we can never pretend to know body otherwise than by those external properties, which discover themselves to the senses. As to those who attempt any thing farther, I cannot approve of their ambition, till I see, in some one instance at least, that they have met with success. But at present I content myself with knowing perfectly the manner in which objects affect my senses, and their connections with each other, as far as experience informs me of them. This suffices for the conduct of life; and this also suffices for my philosophy, which pretends only to explain the nature and causes of our perceptions, or impressions and ideas[12].
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3 of 4 papers cite this paragraph directly; the rest reach it through a page or section range. Snippets are the words around each citation.
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| Loeb 1992 | 1.2.5 T 1.2.5 (30 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … any thing unchangeable be ever said to have duration. (T 37) He returns to the theme in 1.2.5: 226Hume Studies A… |
| (T 64-65) T 1.2.5 (5 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …impression, you may be certain you are mistaken, when you imagine you have any such idea. (T 64-65) In part 2 ofbook 1… | |
| Strawson 2011 | 1.2.5.26 this paragraph Citation pattern | …difference'(218/1.4.2.56,223/1.4.3.9),wordswhichhave,h ere,nopejorativeimplication. 628-9/1.2.5.26.Ontheissueofthevacu… |
| 1.2.5 T 1.2.5 (30 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …heresomewhere(withaceteri sparibusclausetocoverglitchesinthebrainofthesortdiscussedin60-1/1.2.5. 20),althoughwedon'… | |
| Pitson 2013 | T 1.2.5.26 this paragraph Citation pattern | … degree, and a fair confession of ignorance in subjects, that exceed all human capacity" (T 1.2.5.26 n. 12; SBN 638). Mo… |
| T 1.2.5.26 this paragraph Citation pattern | …ations are confined to the properties by which objects or bodies reveal themselves to us (T 1.2.5.26, including note 12;… | |
| SBN 64, 638 T 1.2.5.25 to T 1.2.5.26 n12 (6 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …erties by which objects or bodies reveal themselves to us (T 1.2.5.26, including note 12; SBN 64, 638). This enables us t… | |
| SBN 64-67 T 1.2.5.25 to T 1.2.6.6 n13 (14 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …attraction" but also, for example, volition as a source of bodily movements (EHU 7.10-15; SBN 64-67). It is also diffic… | |
| Pereira 2014 | THN I.2.5.26 this paragraph Citation pattern | …r en la naturaleza de los cuerpos o explicar las causas secretas de sus operaciones" (cf. THN I.2.5.26; SBN 64) o -en un n… |
| THN I.2.5.26 this paragraph Citation pattern | …sarían estrictamente ningún pensamiento. Me refiero a expresiones como "causas secretas" (THN I.2.5.26; SBN 64), "la desco… |