T 1.3.1.4
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I have already observ'd, that geometry, or the art, by which we fix the proportions of figures; tho' it much excels both in universality and exactness, the loose judgments of |the senses and imagination; yet never attains a perfect precision and exactness. It's first principles are still drawn from the general appearance of the objects; and that appearance can never afford us any security, when we examine the prodigious minuteness of which nature is susceptible. Our ideas seem to give a perfect assurance, that no two right lines can have a common segment; but if we consider these ideas, we shall find, that they always suppose a sensible inclination of the two lines, and that where the angle they form is extremely small, we have no standard of a right line so precise as to assure us of the truth of this proposition. 'Tis the same case with most of the primary decisions of the mathematics.
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| Winkler 2010 | " (p. 71) T 1.3.1 (3 paragraphs) Checked by model | … in Hume's view, neither "inseparable from our species" nor "useful in the conduct of life" (p. 71). He thereby imputes… |
| Robison 1974 focused | (T172, 70) T 1.3.14.35 to T 1.3.1.4 (6 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …rs of obiects in order to discover the constant conjunction that activates the propensity (T172, 70) and upon the mind's… |
| Spector 1998 | 1.3.1 T 1.3.1 (8 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …e Argument........................................................................... 26 1.3.1 The Change in Empir… |
| 1.3.1 T 1.3.1 (8 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …and also commonly referred to as Hume's First Enquiry. We will return to this question in 1.3.1 and in again in 3.4… | |
| 1.3.1 T 1.3.1 (8 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … I claim that we have no direct impression of self. ## 1.3 A Sketch o f the Argument ## 1.3.1 The Change in Empir… | |
| Kail 2008 | SBN 71-73 T 1.3.1.4 to T 1.3.2.2 (6 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …itly discussed and rejected in the Treatise (op. cit.), the first Enquiry (EHU 7.1.21-25; SBN 71-73-Malebranche is name… |