 | Thomas Reid - 1827 - 706 páginas
...fluid, when it has no sensible cohesion ; soft when the cohesion is weak ; and hard when it is strong : of the cause of this cohesion we are ignorant, but...they are, though we may be ignorant of their causes. I observe further, that the notion we have of primary qualities is direct and not relative only. A... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1846 - 1080 páginas
...fluid when it has no sensible cohesion ; soft, when the cohesion is weak ; and hard, when it is strong. Of the cause of this cohesion we are ignorant, but...they are, though we may be ignorant of their causes. I observed, farther, that the notion we have of primary qualities is direct, and not relative only.... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1850 - 522 páginas
...fluid, when it has no sensible cohesion ; soft, when the cohesion is weak ; and hard, when it is strong. Of the cause of this cohesion we are ignorant, but...they are, though we may be ignorant of their causes. I observe, further, that the notion we have of primary qualities is direct, and not relative only.... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1855 - 524 páginas
...fluid when it has no sensible cohesion, soft when the cohesion is weak, and hard when it is strong. Of the cause of this cohesion we are ignorant, but...they are, though we may be ignorant of their causes. I observe, further, that the notion we have of primary qualities is direct, and not relative only,... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1859 - 752 páginas
...fluid, when it has no sensible, cohesion ; soft when the cohesion is weak; and hard when it is strong: of the cause of this cohesion we are ignorant, but...clear and distinct notion ; we know what they are, 1 Prinrifiia, 1. $ 69 — El>. s Tnttllfctual Powers, Eseiiy ii. ch. xvii. z Essay ii. 8, 9. The text... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1861 - 584 páginas
...when it has no sensible cohesion ; soft, when the cohesion is weak ; and hard, when it is strong : of the cause of this cohesion we are ignorant, but...we know what they are, though we may be ignorant of the causes." But he did more ; he endeavored to show that this difference arises from the circumstance,... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1861 - 584 páginas
...when it has no sensible cohesion ; soft, when the cohesion is weak ; and hard, when it is strong : of the cause of this cohesion we are ignorant, but...have a clear and distinct notion ; we know what they arc, though we may be ignorant of the causes." But he did more ; he endeavored to show that this difference... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1861 - 626 páginas
...cohesion is weak ; and hard, when it is strong : of the cause of this cohesion we are ignorant, hut the thing itself we understand perfectly, being immediately...we know what they are, though we may be ignorant of the causes." But he did more ; he endeavored to show that this difference arises from the circumstance,... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1862 - 584 páginas
...when it has no sensible cohesion ; soft, when the cohesion is weak ; and hard, when it is strong : of the cause of this cohesion we are ignorant, but...we know what they are, though we may be ignorant of the causes." But he did more ; he endeavored to show that this difference arises from the circumstance,... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1865 - 588 páginas
...fluid when it has no sensible cohesion ; soft when the cohesion is weak ; and hard when it is strong. Of the cause of this cohesion we are ignorant, but...we know what they are, though we may be ignorant of the causes." But he did more, he endeavoured to show that this difference arises from the circumstance,... | |
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... means no more but that it excludes other bodies from occupying the same place at the same time. Hardness, softness, and fluidity are different degrees of cohesion in the parts of a body. It is fluid when it has no sensible cohesion ; soft, when the... 
