 The memory of some men, it is true, is very tenacious, even to a miracle ; but yet there seems to be a constant decay of all our ideas, even of those which are struck deepest, and in minds the most retentive; so that if they be not sometimes renewed by...  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 54by Dugald Stewart - 1827Full view - About this book
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 554 pages
...constant decay of all our ideas, even of those which are struck deepest, and in minds the most retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes renewed by repeated...occasioned them, the print wears out, and at last there re, mains nothing to be seen. Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth, often die before us... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...constant decay of all our ideas, even of those which are struck deepest, and in minds the most retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes renewed by repeated...reflection on those kind of objects which at first pccasioned them, the print wears out, and at last there remains nothing to be seen. Thus the ideas,... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...which are struck deepest ; and in minds the most retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes renewed, the print wears out, and at last there remains nothing to be SI'MI. N Those ideas that are often refreshed by a frequent return of the objects or actions that produce... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - Oratory - 1810 - 414 pages
...constant decay of all our ideas, even of those which are struck deepest, and in minds the most retentive ; so that, if they be not sometimes renewed by repeated exercise of the senses, or reflection on those kinds of objects, which at first occasioned them, the print wears out, and at last there remains nothing... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Philosophy - 1811 - 590 pages
...those which are struck deepest, and " in minds the most retentive; so that, if they be not some" times renewed by repeated exercise of the senses, or " reflection...occa'sioned them, the print wears out, and at last there re" mains nothing to be seen. Thus, the ideas, as well as " children of our youth, often die before... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1813 - 518 pages
...constant decay of all our ideas, even of those which are struck deepest, and in minds the most retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes renewed by repeated exercise of the senses, or reflection on those kinds of objects which at first occasioned them, the print wears out, and at last there remains nothing... | |
 | John Locke - 1815 - 454 pages
...constant decay of all our ideas, even of those which are struck deepest, and in minds the most retentive: so that if they be not sometimes renewed by repeated exercise of the senses, or MVOL. i. H $ 5 . Thus many of those ideas, which were produced flection on those kind of objects which... | |
 | John Locke - 1819 - 518 pages
...constant decay of all our ideas, even of those which are struck deepest, and in minds the most retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes renewed by repeated...exercise of the senses, or reflection on those kind ofobjecU which at first occasioned them, the print wears out, and at last there remains nothing to... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...which are struck deepest, and in minds the most retentive; so that if they be not sometimes renewed, the print wears out, and at last there remains nothing to be seen. Those ideas that are often refreshed by a frequent return of the objects or actious that produce them,... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 358 pages
...which are struck deepest, and in minds the most retentive; so that if they be not sometimes renewed, the print wears out, and at last there remains nothing to be seen. Those ideas that are often refreshed by a frequent return of the objects or actions that produce them,... | |
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