...operates, and from what object it is derived." 8 "There are some philosophers who imagine we are at every moment intimately conscious of what we call...demonstration, both of its perfect identity and simplicity. For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular...

...der Natur Menschen im Herzen ? CHAPTER III Contemplation " THERE are some philosophers," says Hume, " who imagine we are every moment intimately conscious...feel its existence and its continuance in existence. . . ." But he goes on, mtrabile dictu, to refuse to identify the self with " pain and pleasure, grief...

...for believing j that the soul is anything more than the collection of these impressions and ideas. There are some philosophers who imagine we are every...demonstration, both of its perfect identity and simplicity. . . . For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular...

...reason for believing that the soul is anything more than the collection of these impressions and ideas. There are some philosophers who imagine we are every...demonstration, both of its perfect identity and simplicity. . . . For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular...

...substance, when we do not so much as understand the meaning of the question? SECTION V OF PERSONAL IDENTITY THERE are some philosophers, who imagine we are every...demonstration, both of its perfect identity and simplicity. The strongest sensation, the most violent passion, say they, instead of distracting us from this view,...

...we use. The Sensationalist philosopher, Hume, states this quite clearly and plainly. He says : 1 1 " There are some philosophers who imagine we are every...conscious of what we call our SELF ; that we feel iti eziitence and its continuance in exiitence, and are certain, beyond the evidence of a demonitratien,...

...an impression of sensation or of reflection ? Is it pleasant or painful or indifferent ? ' Again : ' There are some philosophers who imagine we are every...we call our self; that we feel its existence, and are certain, beyond the evidence of a demonstration, both of its perfect identity and simplicity. ....

...when we do not so much as understand the meaning of the question?.... SEC. VI. Of Personal Identity There are some philosophers, who imagine we are every...demonstration, both of its perfect identity and simplicity. The strongest sensation, the most violent passion, say they, instead of distracting us from this view,...

...well. Regarding personal identity, we find that after Hume raises sceptical objections to claims that "we are every moment intimately conscious of what...a demonstration, both of its perfect identity and simplicity",6 he points out what selfhood amounts to in the light of the empirical data: For my part,...

...A Treatise on Human Nature noted more than 150 years ago that some philosophers "imagine we are at every moment intimately conscious of what we call our SELF; that we feel its existence; and are certain, beyond the evidence of a demonstration, both of its perfect identity and simplicity" ((1739-1740]...