The consideration of this difficulty it was that gave birth to my Essay towards a New Theory of Vision, which was published not long since(606).
The magnitude of the visible moon, or that which is the proper and immediate object of vision(361), is no greater when the moon is in the horizon than when it is in the meridian.
To consider well wt is meant by that wch Locke saith concerning algebra--that it supplys intermediate ideas.
That this is the sense and arguing of the author will further appear by his answering the question he in another place puts: "Since all things that exist are only particulars, how come we by general terms?
He founds his argument mainly on passages in the Communia Naturalium, which indeed prove distinctly that it was sent to Clement, and cannot, therefore, form part of the Compendium, as Brewer seems to think.
Difficile est propriecommunia dicere=--It is difficult to handle a common theme with originality.
The explication which My Lord of Worcester treats with so much contempt, is nevertheless countenanced by authority which I find quoted by the learned Baxter in his edition of Horace: 'Difficile est propriè communia dicere, h.
He placed Rome at the head of the confederacy of the Latins, which he confirmed by communia sacra.
That dictum of Horace which he and Wilkes discussed at the famous dinner at Dilly's, Difficile est proprie communia dicere, gives the exact praise of Johnson as a talker.
The same gift is seen when he "communia dicit," when he is uttering some general reflection, the common wisdom of mankind.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "communia" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
