The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 01 (of 11) — Thomas Hobbes — John Shaqi
The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 01 (of 11)
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{ Seeing.
{ Hearing.
{ Primary { Smelling.
{ { Tasting.
{ Perception { { Touching.
{ by Sense {
{ { { Imagination.
{ { Secondary { Affection { pleasant.
Quality { { { unpleasant.
{ { By Seeing, as Light and Colour.
{ { By Hearing, as Sound.
{ Sensible { By Smelling, as Odours.
{ Quality { By Tasting, as Savours.
{ By Touching, as Hardness, Heat,
{ Cold, &c.
THE FORM OF THE PREDICAMENT OF RELATION.
{ Magnitudes, as Equality and Inequality.
{ Qualities, as Likeness and Unlikeness.
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{ { { In Time.
{ Order {
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{ Not together { { Later
{ In Time { Former.
{ Later
[Sidenote: Some things to be noted concerning predicaments.]
16. Concerning which predicaments it is to be noted, in the first place,
that as the division is made in the first predicament into contradictory
names, so it might have been done in the rest. For, as there, _body_ is
divided into _animated_ and _not-animated_, so, in the second
predicament, _continual quantity_ may be divided into _line_ and
_not-line_, and again, _not-line_ into _superficies_ and
_not-superficies_, and so in the rest; but it was not necessary.
Secondly, it is to be observed, that of _positive_ names the former
comprehends the latter; but of _negatives_ the former is comprehended by
the latter. For example, _living-creature_ is the name of every man, and
therefore it comprehends the name _man_; but, on the contrary, _not-man_
is the name of everything which is not-living-creature, and therefore
the name _not-living-creature_, which is put first, is comprehended by
the latter name, _not-man_.
Thirdly, we must take heed that we do not think, that as names, so the
diversities of things themselves may be searched out and determined by
such distinctions as these; or that arguments may be taken from hence
(as some have done ridiculously) to prove that the kinds of things are
not infinite.