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Click on the phrases to see them in context. The original texts by Immanuel Kant and David Hume are available from the Gutenberg Projet.

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When we infer the existence of an object from that of others, some object must always be present either to the memory or senses, in order to be the foundation of our reasoning; since the mind cannot run up with its inferences IN INFINITUM.

 It has been proved already, that belief in general consists in nothing, but the vivacity of an idea; and that an idea may acquire this vivacity by its relation to some present impression. 
For example, the apprehension of the manifold in the phenomenon of a house which stands before me, is successive.
 And so is it with the conception of an absolutely necessary being. 
  • It is a whole people interested in the proposal.
 
  • Hence it proceeds, that we associate, in a manner, the idea of whatever is good with that of height, and evil with low.
 For my conception of straight contains no notion of quantity, but is merely qualitative. After it we have the idea only of one.