...different times. The comparison of the theater must not mislead us, however, we are told. They are successive perceptions only that constitute the mind...notion of the place where these scenes are represented, or of the materials of which it is composed. Every distinct perception is a distinct existence, and...

...change; nor is there any single power of the soul which remains unalterably the same, perhaps for a moment. The mind is a kind of theatre, where several...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is composed." Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Bk. I, Part IV, Sec....

...nor identity in different, whatever natural propension we may have to imagine that simplicity and ry. The comparison of the theatre must not mislead us....notion of the place where these scenes are represented, or of the materials of which it is composed." 1 And, summing up on this question, Hume wrote : " To...

...true that it is the successive sensations only that constitute the self. But when he goes on to say, " Nor have we the most distant notion of the place where these scenes are represented, or of the materials of which it is composed," one may venture to differ with him. The materials are...

...appearance; pass, re-pass, glide away, and mingle in an infinite variety of postures and situations. . . . The comparison of the theatre must not mislead us....of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is composed."3 The case against the traditional view of mind may,...

...change ; nor is there any single power of the soul which remains unalterably the same, perhaps for a moment. The mind is a kind of theatre, where several...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is composed."1 Hume was convinced that we are confined to these changing...

...to imagine that simplicity and identity. The comparison of the theatre must not mislead us. (J'hey are the successive perceptions only, that constitute...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is composed.'^) Hmne was convinced that we are confingd to these changing...

...metaphysicians of this kind, I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is compos'd. What then gives us so great a propension to ascribe an...

...metaphysicians of this kind, I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which...notion of the place where these scenes are represented, or of the materials of which it is composed." l And, summing up on this question, Hume wrote : " To...

...metaphysicians of this kind, I may venture to affirm of the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which...the most distant notion of the place, where these senses are represented, or of the materials, of which it is compos'd. What then gives us so great a...