 Words become general by being made the signs of general ideas; and ideas become general by separating from them the circumstances of time and place and any other ideas that may determine them to this or that particular existence.  The Works of John Locke - Page 75by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | John Locke - 1819 - 516 pages
...of general ideas; and ideas become general, by separating from them the circumstances of time, and place, and any other ideas, that may determine them...individuals than one; each of which having in it a conforjnity to that abstract idea, is (as we call it) of that sort. §.7. But to deduce this a little... | |
 | John Locke - 1819 - 518 pages
...of general idcns; and ideas become general, by separating from them the circumstances of time, and place, and any other ideas, that may determine them...particular existence. By this way of abstraction they *re made capable of representing more individuals than one; each of which having in it a conformity... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 552 pages
...of general ideas ; and ideas become general, by separating from them the circumstances of time, and place, and any other ideas, that may determine them...that abstract idea, is (as we call it) of that sort. „ . ° ii .1- i . • . i ral words fy 7. But to deduce this a little more distinctly, it will not... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1828 - 424 pages
...of general ideas; and ideas become general, by separating from them the circumstances of time, and place, and any other ideas, that may determine them...that abstract idea, is (as we call it) of that sort. § 7. But to deduce this a little more distinctly, it will not perhaps be amiss to trace our notions... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 436 pages
...of general ideas ; and ideas become general, by separating from them the circumstances of time, and place, and any other ideas, that may determine them...that abstract idea, is (as we call it) of that sort. § 7. But to deduce this a little more distinctly, it will not perhaps be amiss to trace our notions... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1828 - 602 pages
...of general ideas : and ideas become general, by separating from them the circumstances of time, and place, and any other ideas that may determine them...that abstract idea, is (as we call it) of that sort. § 7. But to deduce this a little more distinctly, it will not perhaps be amiss to trace our notions... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 536 pages
...signs of general ideas, and ideas become general by separating them from the circumstances of time, place, and any other ideas that may determine them...in it a conformity to that abstract idea, is, as we say, of that sort. To deduce this a little more distinctly ; — there is nothing more evident than... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1835 - 190 pages
...signs of general ideas, and ideas become general by separating from them the circumstances of time and place, and any other ideas that may determine them...that abstract idea is (as we call it) of that sort. But to deduce this a little more distinctly, it will not, perhaps, be amiss to trace our notions and... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 588 pages
...of general ideas : and ideas become general by separating from them the circumstances of time, and place, and any other ideas that may determine them...that abstract idea, is (as we call it) of that sort. 7. But, to deduce this a little more distinctly, it will not perhaps be amiss to trace our notions... | |
 | JOHN MURRAY - 1852 - 786 pages
...determine them to particular existence. By this 222 BOOK III. CHAPTER III. way—of Abstraction—they are made capable of representing more individuals...that abstract idea, is (as we call it) of that sort. But, to deduce this a little more distinctly—it will not perhaps be amiss to trace our notions and... | |
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