 British, to signify that power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not by progressive argumentation, but by an instantaneous, instinctive, and irresistible impulse ; derived neither from education nor from habit, but from nature...  The Gates Wide Open; Or, Scenes in Another World - Page 215by George Wood - 1870 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Beattie - Truth - 1771 - 588 pages
...Commart Sen/'e hath in modern times been ufed by philofophers, both French and Britilh, to fignify that power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not progreffive argumentation, but by an ftantaneous, inilinclive, and irrefiftible im4. pulfe 5 derived... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1772 - 656 pages
...Common Senfe hath, in modern times, been ufed by philofophers, both French and Britifh, to fignify, that power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not by progreflive argumentation, but by an inftantaneous, inftinftive, and irrefiftible impulfe ; derived... | |
 | Joseph Berington - Materialism - 1776 - 254 pages
...fenfe r fays Dr. Beattie, p. 45 of his eflay, has in modern times been \ifed by philofophers to fignify that power of the mind, which perceives truth or commands belief, not by progreffive argumentation, but by an inflantaneous, injlinStlve^ and irrejijlible impulfe, derived... | |
 | James Beattie - Classical education - 1776 - 504 pages
...pronunciation. Laftly, The term Common Senfe has * Tranfubftantiation. been ufed by fome philofophers to fignify that power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not by progreffive argumentation, but by an inftantaneous and inftinctive impulfe ; derived neither from e-»... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 442 pages
...e/l, fegregarit ? Lib. i. cap. 2. But the term common fenfe hath in modern timesbeen ufctl to fignify that power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not by progreffive argumentation, but by an inftantaneoas, inilincb've, and iircfiliible impulfe ; derived... | |
 | Robert Eden Scott - Cognition - 1805 - 500 pages
...called reasoning. This faculty he reprefents as totally diftincT: from Common Senfe, which fignifies * that power of the mind which * perceives truth, or commands belief; not by * progrefiive argumentation, but by an inftan* taneous, inftindive, and irrefiftible impulfe ; ' derived... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - Medicine - 1806 - 578 pages
...kind, or self-evident truths, he assigns the name of Common Sense, and he employs this term to denote "that power of the mind which " perceives truth or commands belief, not by progressive argumentation, but " by an instantaneous, instinctive, and irresistible impulse, derived neither "... | |
 | James Beattie (LL.D.) - Truth - 1807 - 400 pages
...-Commas Sense hath in moxlern times been used by philosophers, both French and British, to signify that power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not by progressive argumentation, but by an instantaneous, instinctive, and irresistable impulse ; derived neither from... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 356 pages
...kind, or self-evident truths, he assigns the name of Common Sense, and he employs this term to denote" that power of the mind which perceives " truth or commands belief, not by progressive argu" mentation, but by an instantaneous, instinctive, and " irresistible impulse, derived neither... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 364 pages
...kind, or self-evident truths, he assigns the name of Common Sense, and he employs this term to denote " that power of the mind which perceives " truth or commands belief, not by progressive argu" mentation, but by an instantaneous, instinctive, and " irresistible impulse, derived neither... | |
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