 ... tortoise, and the tortoise by he knew not what. Thus here, as in all cases where we use words without distinct ideas, we talk like children, who being questioned what such a thing is that they know not, answer, Something. The idea then to which we...  ESSAY ON MAN'S IDEAS OF POWER - Page 32by JOHN FARAM - 1857Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1831 - 536 pages
...answer, Something. The idea then to which we give the name of substance being but the unknown support of qualities, which we imagine cannot subsist without something to support them, we call that support, substantia, standing under, or upholding.i A relative idea of substance being made,... | |
 | John Locke - 1831 - 458 pages
...answer, Something. The idea then to which we give the name of substance being but the unknown support of qualities, which we imagine cannot subsist without something to support them, we call that support, substantia, standing under, or upholding.l A relative idea of substance being made,... | |
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