Hi Mitts!
At Bartleby.com, I located the quotation "Nothing can ever be present
to the mind but an image or perception? in Section 12, Part 1 of the
book ?An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding? by David Hume.
?But this universal and primary opinion of all men is soon destroyed
by the slightest philosophy, which teaches us, that nothing can ever
be present to the mind but an image or perception, and that the senses
are only the inlets, through which these images are conveyed, without
being able to produce any immediate intercourse between the mind and
the object. The table, which we see, seems to diminish, as we remove
farther from it: but the real table, which exists independent of us,
suffers no alteration: it was, therefore, nothing but its image, which
was present to the mind.?
Here is the link to the online reference:
Section 12: Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy
Part I
http://www.bartleby.com/37/3/17.html
?What was the original date it was published??
PUBLISHED: New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909?14.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
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AUTHOR: David Hume, 1711?76.
TITLE: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, written by David Hume.
SERIES: The Harvard classics, edited by Charles W. Eliot.
PUBLISHED: New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909?14.
PHYSICAL DETAILS: Vol. 37, Part 3, of 3.
OTHER AUTHORS: Eliot, Charles William, 1834?1926.
CITATION: Hume, David. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. Vol.
XXXVII, Part 3. The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son,
1909?14;
http://www.bartleby.com/br/03703.html
Harvard Classics, Vol. 37, Part 3
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
David Hume
Hume?s greatest philosophic work, where he argues that causation does
not really exist
http://www.bartleby.com/37/3/
?I also need information on a modern printing of the text and in the
modern edition what page number does the quote come from??
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Critical Edition
by David Hume
The quotation is located on Page 114
2. on Page 114:
"... This very table, which we I see white, and which we feel hard, is
believed to exist, independent of our perception, and to be something
external to our mind, which perceives ... nothing can ever be present
to the mind but an image or perception, and that the senses are only-
the inlets, through which these images are conveyed, without being
able to ..."
Source: Amazon ?search inside book? feature
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0198250606/ref=sib_rdr_srch/103-8710628-5023030?v=search-inside&keywords=image+or+perception&x=9&y=6
Product Details
Hardcover: 450 pages;
Dimensions (in inches): 1.25 x 9.50 x 6.50
Publisher: Oxford University Press; (January 2001)
ISBN: 0198250606
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0198250606/ref=sib_vae_dp/103-8710628-5023030?%5Fencoding=UTF8&no=283155&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&st=books
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"Nothing can ever be present to the mind but an image or perception?
I hope you find this helpful! If anything is unclear with my answer,
please ask for clarification.
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
Clarification of Answer by
bobbie7-ga
on
11 Dec 2003 11:26 PST
Mitts,
I must add that An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding was first
published in 1748.
Here is a short excerpt and the link to the online reference where you
may verify this date:
"An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Critical Edition by
David Hume, edited by Tom. L. Beauchamp (The Clarendon Edition of the
Works of David Hume: Oxford University Press) (PAPERBACK)With An
Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1748, David
Hume began the task of recasting the philosophical views originally
set out in his Treatise of Human Nature, and presented them to a broad
educated readership. When Hume recalled the first Enquiry in his
autobiography, he stated that it seas `at first but little more
successful than the Treatise'. Over time, however, it grew
substantially in reputation and was issued in ten new editions during
Hume's lifetime."
http://www.wordtrade.com/philosophy/hume.htm
(Many thanks answerfinder-ga)
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