 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
 | Keshub Chunder Sen - Brahma-samaj - 1892 - 196 pages
...term common sense hath in modern 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 irresistible impulse derived neither from education... | |
 | George Alexander Johnston - Philosophy, Scottish - 1911 - 284 pages
...lisp in his pronunciation. Lastly, the term Common Sense has been used by some philosophers to signify that power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not by progressive argumentation, but by an instantaneous and instinctive impulse ; derived neither from education nor... | |
 | Serge Soupel - English literature - 1996 - 260 pages
...la connaissance immédiate. Ainsi, James Beattie définit-il le sens commun de la façon suivante : That power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not by progressive argumentation, but by an instantaneous and instinctive impulse, derived neither from education nor... | |
 | Isabel Rivers - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 407 pages
...discovery of truth a single step beyond first principles or intuitive axioms'. The latter signifies 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... | |
 | James Fieser - Apologetics - 2000 - 340 pages
...Common Sense hath in modern times been used by philosophers, both French and British,1* 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... | |
 | James Beattie - Philosophy - 2004 - 216 pages
...term common sense has in modern 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 irresistible impulse; derived neither from... | |
 | Daniel I. O'Neill - Biography & Autobiography - 2010 - 306 pages
...have any real existence." Ibid. 61. Ibid., 252-53. 62. Ibid., 253. Beattie defines common sense as "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... | |
 | English essays - 1772 - 972 pages
...which guide you are pleafed to call by the name of c ammon fenfe. " By this term is (you fay) fignined that power of the mind which perceives truth, or commands belief, not by progreflive argumentation, but by an iaftaniantoui, injtiittlwe, irrefil'.tll impulfe, derived neither... | |
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