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Page 334 - the King to his enemies ; the thought of that brought in the thought of the delivering up of Christ ; and that again the thought of the thirty pence, which was the price of that treason ; and thence easily followed that malicious question ; and all this in a moment of time ; for thought is quick.
Page 195 - And, indeed, hard and soft are names that we give to things only in relation to the constitutions of our own bodies ; that being generally called hard by us, which will put us to pain sooner than change figure by the pressure of any part of our bodies ; and that, on the contrary,
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Page 310 - object is removed, or the eye shut, we still retain an image of the thing seen, though more obscure than when we see it
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| Title | Greek Theories of Elementary Cognition from Alcmaeon to Aristotle Reprint library |
| Author | John Isaac Beare |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1906 |
| Length | 354 pages |
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