T 2.3.1.3
SBN 399-400 · cited directly by 3 papers, reached by 2 more through page or section ranges
'Tis universally acknowledg'd, that the operations of external bodies are necessary, and that in the communication of their motion, in their attraction, and mutual cohesion, |there are not the least traces of indifference or liberty. Every object is determin'd by an absolute fate to a certain degree and direction of its motion, and can no more depart from that precise line, in which it moves, than it can convert itself into an angel, or spirit, or any superior substance. The actions, therefore, of matter are to be regarded as instances of necessary actions; and whatever is in this respect on the same footing with matter, must be acknowledg'd to be necessary. That we may know whether this be the case with the actions of the mind, we shall begin with examining matter, and considering on what the idea of a necessity in its operations are founded, and why we conclude one body or action to be the infallible cause of another.
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| Garrett 1981 | (T399) T 2.3.1 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …rly always partly dependent on our wills, that is, on our impressions of will or volition (T399); and these impressi… |
| Ainslie 1999 | (T 399) T 2.3.1 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ed is some other person, of whose thoughts, actions, and sensations we are not conscious" (T 399). Note that there i… |
| (T 399) T 2.3.1 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …then, points to the perceptions we experience during the duration of our feeling of pride (T 399). 22 This view is e… | |
| Pitson 2013 | SBN 400 T 2.3.1 (2 paragraphs) Citation pattern | ….4, "we can never penetrate so far into the essence and construction of external bodies" (SBN 400). But the message i… |
| Spector 1998 | 2.3.1 T 2.3.1 (18 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …Continuity of Agency Lies.............................................................69 2.3.1 Personality, Consci… |
| 2.3.1 T 2.3.1 (18 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …f law. This seems to support the reading of person/man as abstractions of some kind. (See 2.3.1 for more about this… | |
| 2.3.1 T 2.3.1 (18 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …n of personal identity. See Ayers, op. cit.. ## 2.3 Where Continuity o f Agency Lies ## 2.3.1 Personality, Consci… | |
| 2.3.1 T 2.3.1 (18 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …tise also indicates a significant evolution in his whole way of doing philosophy. l06See 2.3.1. ## CHAPTER THREE … | |
| Garrett 2010 | T 2.3.1 T 2.3.1 (18 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …es a similar style of argument in the section of the Treatise "Of liberty and necessity" (T 2.3.1), where he appears … |