T 1.3.16.9
SBN 178-9 · cited directly by 2 papers, reached by 2 more through page or section ranges
Nothing shews more the force of habit in reconciling us to any phænomenon, than this, that men are not astonish'd at the operations of their own reason, at the same time, that |they admire the instinct of animals, and find a difficulty in explaining it, merely because it cannot be reduc'd to the very same principles. To consider the matter aright, reason is nothing but a wonderful and unintelligible instinct in our souls, which carries us along a certain train of ideas, and endows them with particular qualities, according to their particular situations and relations. This instinct, 'tis true, arises from past observation and experience; but can any one give the ultimate reason, why past experience and observation produces such an effect, any more than why nature alone shou'd produce it? Nature may certainly produce whatever can arise from habit: Nay, habit is nothing but one of the principles of nature, and derives all its force from that origin.
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2 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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| Strawson 2011 | 1.3.16.9 this paragraph Citation pattern | …arked.Reasonissimilarlypuzzling:it's'awonderfulandunint elligibleinstinctinour souls'(179/1.3.16.9)which,unintelligibl… |
| 1.3.16.9 this paragraph Citation pattern | …rfulandunintelligible'(i.e.notund erstandable)byus.(xvii/Int§8,13/1.1.4.6,24/1.1.7.15,179/1.3.16.9) Thisisagoodobject… | |
| 1.3.16.9 this paragraph Citation pattern | …meashispositionwhenhesaysthatreas onis'awonderfulandunintelligibleinstinctinoursouls'(179/1.3.16.9),orth attheimaginat… | |
| Strawson 2012 | THN 1.3.16.9 this paragraph Citation pattern | …ing 'wonderful and unintelligible' (i.e. not understandable) by us, as he says of reason (THN 1.3.16.9 / 179), something '… |
| THN 1.3.16.9 this paragraph Citation pattern | …tressed the unintelligibility and inexplicability (and 'wonderfulness' and 'magicality') (THN 1.3.16.9 / 179, 1.1.7.15 / 2… | |
| Loeb 1992 | 1.3.16 T 1.3.16 (9 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …me principles in much the same way" (p. 120). - 4.The remaining occurrence is at T 178 of 1.3.16, "Ofthe reason of a… |
| Rocknak 2019 | 1.3.16 T 1.3.16 (9 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …BN 92, 1.3.12.20; SBN 139), or as "reason" (T 1.3.8.12; SBN 103). In fact, he even titles 1.3.16, "of the reason of … |