The Works of John Locke, Volume 4Scientia Verlag Aalen, 1963 - Philosophy |
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Page 74
... colours than one born blind . I ask , whether any one can say this man had then any ideas of colours in his mind , any more than one born blind ? And I think nobody will say that either of them had in his mind any idea of colours at all ...
... colours than one born blind . I ask , whether any one can say this man had then any ideas of colours in his mind , any more than one born blind ? And I think nobody will say that either of them had in his mind any idea of colours at all ...
Page 128
... colour from the sun , we cannot imagine that to be the reception or resemblance of any thing in the sun , because we find not those different colours in the sun itself . For our senses being able to observe a likeness or unlikeness of ...
... colour from the sun , we cannot imagine that to be the reception or resemblance of any thing in the sun , because we find not those different colours in the sun itself . For our senses being able to observe a likeness or unlikeness of ...
Page 139
... colours having been but slightly taken notice of , and ceasing to be repeated , do quite wear out ; so that some years after there is no more notion nor memory of colours left in their minds than in those of people born blind . The ...
... colours having been but slightly taken notice of , and ceasing to be repeated , do quite wear out ; so that some years after there is no more notion nor memory of colours left in their minds than in those of people born blind . The ...
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