 A thinking being, — that is, a being doubting, knowing, affirming, denying, consenting, refusing, susceptible of pleasure and of pain.* Of all these things I might have had complete experience, without any previous acquaintance with the qualities and...  On genius, in which it is attempted to be proved that there is no mental ... - Page 33by William Grisenthwaite - 1830 - 86 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1817 - 592 pages
...relative to the various operations of which we are conscious. What am If he asks in his second meditation: A thinking being — that is, a being doubting, knowing,...things I might have had complete experience without any precious acquaintance with the laws and qualities of matter; and therefore it is impossible that the... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 610 pages
...relative to the various operations of which we are conscious. What am I? he asks in his second meditation: A thinking being — that is, a being doubting, knowing,...of pleasure and pain. Of all these things I might Asre had complete experience nil/mitt any ftrti-iuut acquaintance with the laws and qualities of matter;... | |
 | 1822 - 694 pages
...the mental operations of which we are conscious. " What am I ? he asks in his se*' cond meditation ; a thinking being, that is, a being doubting, " knowing,...consenting, refusing, susceptible " of pleasure and of pain. Of all these things I might have had " complete experience, without any previous acquaintance... | |
 | Thomas Morell - Philosophy - 1827 - 614 pages
...various operations of which we are conscious. * What am I ?' he asks, in his second Meditation : — ' a thinking being ; that is, a being, doubting, knowing,...is impossible that the study of matter can avail me ought in the study of myself.' This accordingly is laid down by Des Cartes as a first principle in... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 pages
...to the various operations of which we are conscious. What am I ? he asks, in his second Meditation : A thinking being, — that is, a being doubting, knowing,...consenting, refusing, susceptible of pleasure and of pain.* Of all these things I might have had complete experience, without any previous acquaintance... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 510 pages
...the" various operations of which we are conscious. What am I ? he asks, in his second Meditation : A thinking being, — that is, a being doubting, knowing,...consenting, refusing, susceptible of pleasure and of pain.* Of all these things I might have had complete experience, without any previous acquaintance... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 pages
...to the various operations of which we are conscious. What am I ? he asks, in his second Meditation : A thinking being, — that is, a being doubting, knowing,...consenting, refusing, susceptible of pleasure and of pain.* Of all these things I might have had complete experience, without any previous acquaintance... | |
 | 1817 - 626 pages
...to the various operalions of which we are conscious. What am I ? he asks in his second meditation : A thinking being — that is, a being doubting, knowing,...refusing, susceptible of pleasure and pain. Of all these thing! I might have had complete experience without any previous acquaintance with the laws and qualities... | |
 | Presbyterian Church - 1847 - 632 pages
...Experimental Philosophy of the Mind." t In the second of his Philosophical Meditations, he asks, " What am I ? A thinking being — that is, a being, doubting, knowing,...refusing, susceptible of pleasure and pain. Of all the»e things I might have had complete experience without any previous acquaintance with the avalitiel... | |
 | Robert Blakey - Cognitive science - 1848 - 546 pages
...followed, may be illustrated by the following remarks from his Meditations. " What am I ?" he asks. " A thinking being; that is, a being doubting, knowing,...consenting, refusing, susceptible of pleasure and of pain. Of all these things I might have had complete experience, without any previous acquaint* See... | |
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