...forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. This variety of terms, which may seem so unphilosophical, is intended only to express that act of mind, which renders realities, or what is taken for such, more present to us than fictions, causes...

...forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. This variety of terms, which may seem so unphilosophical, is intended only to express that act of mind, which renders realities, or what is taken for such, more present to us than fictions." For Hume,...

...the order of its parts, but in the manner of its being conceived . . . this feeling I would endeavor to explain by calling it a superior force, or vivacity, or solidity, or firmness, or steadiness. (THN 628-29) and [A]s belief does nothing but vary the manner, in which we conceive any object, it...

...forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. This variety of terms, which may seem so unphilosophical,...express that act of the mind, which renders realities, or what is taken for such, more present to us than fictions, causes them to weigh more in the thought,...

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