 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 856 pages
...convince us of its truth, than an attention to the ideas of whole and part. And this too is the reason why we call the act of the mind forming these judgments...of the agreement or disagreement of any two ideas. II. But here it is to be observed, lliat our knowledge of this kind respects only our ideas, and the... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 pages
...convince us of its truth than an attention to the ideas of whole and part. And this too is the reason why we call the act of the mind forming these judgments...of the agreement or disagreement of any two ideas. 2. But here it is to be ooserved, that our knowledge of this kind respects only our ideas, and the... | |
 | Richard Hiley - English language - 1846 - 330 pages
...convince us of its truth, than an attention to the ideas of whole and part. Intuition, therefore, is no more than an immediate perception of the agreement or disagreement of any two ideas. In every branch of knowledge, there are some truths, which, when once understood, cannot be rejected;... | |
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Thus, that the whole is greater than any of its parts, is an intuitive judgment; nothing more being required to convince us of its truth than an attention to the ideas of whole and part. And this too is the... 
