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T 1.3.8.16

SBN 106 · cited directly by 3 papers, reached by 4 more through page or section ranges

Upon the same principles we need not be surpriz'd to hear of the remembrance of an idea; that is, of the idea of an idea, and of its force and vivacity superior to the loose conceptions of the imagination. In thinking of our past thoughts we not only delineate out the objects, of which we were thinking, but also conceive the action of the mind in the meditation, that certain je-ne-scai-quoi, of which 'tis impossible to give any definition or description, but which every one sufficiently understands. When the memory offers an idea of this, and represents it as past, 'tis easily conceiv'd how that idea may have more vigour and firmness, than when we think of a past thought, of which we have no remembrance.

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3 of 7 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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Ainslie 2003T 1.3.8.15-17
T 1.3.8 (3 paragraphs)
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…ence of a somewhat vivacious idea of an impression (i.e. of the seeing) of the Tower (see T 1.3.8.15-17, SBN 105-6). Hume c…
Ellis 2006
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T 1.3.8
T 1.3.8 (18 paragraphs)
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…here is one passage that might appear to support the objection I have been discussing. In T 1.3.8, Hume writes: In t…
T 1.3.8.16
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…ble to give any definition or description, but which every one sufficiently understands. (T 1.3.8.16; SBN 106) I think …
T 1.3.8.16
this paragraph
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…ent with Hume's claim in T 1.4.6 that we do not have an impression of the self.45 Thus in T 1.3.8.16 Hume must be thinki…
T 1.3.8.16
this paragraph
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…s precisely what the genetic explanation of T 1.4.6 is intended to explain. The appeal to T 1.3.8.16 would appear to pre…
Ainslie 2008
focused
T 1.3.8
T 1.3.8 (18 paragraphs)
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…d objects causes the mind to associate the idea of one object with the idea of the other (T 1.3.8). The scientists th…
T 1.3.8.16-17
T 1.3.8 (2 paragraphs)
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…py of the original impression by being an idea of the event, not of the impression of it (T 1.3.8.16-17). Philosophers take…
Green 1999
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T 1.3.8.15 to T 1.3.9.1 (4 paragraphs)
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…s easily conceiv'd how that idea o s n mn a s n mn n which we have no remembrance. (106) I know many things…
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T 1.3.8.15 to T 1.3.9.1 (4 paragraphs)
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…nstead, he would have repeated his claim that memory reveals 'that certain je-ne-scai-quoi' (106) that marks an exper…
Ainslie 2009T 1.3.8.15-17, 1
T 1.3.8 (4 paragraphs)
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…hile introspecting with the vulgar's view of the world when immersed in mental processes (T 1.3.8.15-17, 1.4.6.5-15, SBN 105-6…
SBN 105-6,253-59
T 1.3.8.14 to T 1.4.6.16 (19 paragraphs)
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… vulgar's view of the world when immersed in mental processes (T 1.3.8.15-17, 1.4.6.5-15, SBN 105-6,253-59). Moreover, he equa…
Pitson 2012T 1.3.2-14
T 1.3.2.1 to T 1.3.14.25 n32 (218 paragraphs)
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…ning of certain key philosophical ideas (for example, space and time, T 1.2.3; causation, T 1.3.2-14; the mind, T 1.4.5.…
Pitson 2013T 1.3.2-14
T 1.3.2.1 to T 1.3.14.25 n32 (218 paragraphs)
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…ain key philosophical ideas (for example, space and time (T 1.2.3; SBN 33-39), causation (T 1.3.2-14; SBN 73-172), the m…