...kind of theatre where several perceptions successively make their appearance.' But this comparison must not mislead us. ' They are the successive perceptions...we the most distant notion of the place where these scenea are represented, or of the materials of which it is composed.' The problem for Hume then in...

...catch myself at any time without a perception, and never can observe anything but the perception. . . . The mind is a kind of theatre, where several perceptions...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is composed." It is curious that Hume wishing to represent Mind as...

...a stage, as impressions — to use Locke's figure — imply a tabula rasa, he hastens to remark : " 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." 1 Now it must be acknowledged that Hume has never been...

...which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement 2.' ' They are the successive perceptions only, that constitute...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is compos'd V Thus perish at once the individuality and identity of...

...which succeed each other with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement 2.' ' They are the successive perceptions only, that constitute...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is compos'd V Thus perish at once the individuality and identity of...

...an infinite variety of postures and situations. There is properly no simplicity in it at one lime, nor identity in different, whatever natural propension...notion of the place where these scenes are represented, or of the materials of which it is composed. He then proceeds elaborately to argue that our notions...

...of theatre, where several perceptions successively make their appearance ; pass, repass, glide away, mingle in an infinite variety of postures and situations....notion of the place where these scenes are represented, or of the materials of which it is composed. He then proceeds elaborately to argue that our notions...

...succeed one another with an inconceivable rapidity, and are in a perpetual flux and movement. . . . The mind is a kind of theatre, where several perceptions...notion of the place where these scenes are represented, or of the materials of which it is composed. " What then gives so great a propension to ascribe an...

...properly no simplicity in it at one time, no identity in different times, whatever natural propensity we may have to imagine that simplicity and identity....notion of the place where these scenes are represented, or of the materials of which it is composed.'" Thus according to the creed of the unbeliever, there...

...is there any — M — / single power of the soul, which remains unalterably the same, identity"" \J perhaps for one moment. The mind is a kind of theatre,...of the place, where these scenes are represented, or of the materials, of which it is compos'd. Wha^__thsa_gixes.-u§_s9_great a propension to ascribe...