In such cases, general ideas, aided by some data of experience, put us in mediate communication with the object not presented to our intuition.
Hence all the reality contained in general ideas, whether indeterminate or intuitive, that is not contradictory, is affirmed of the absolutely infinite being.
In it "general ideas," unless a very special and not at all usual meaning is attached to the term, can have no right of place.
And here it is to be noted that I do not deny absolutely there are general ideas, but only that there are any abstract general ideas.
His answer is: "Words become general by being made the signs of general ideas.
The having of general ideas," saith he, "is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain unto.
The problem of universals, or general ideas, from the standpoint of logic, lies at the basis of consistent thinking.
Accordingly, he rejects the inferences of the Scotian dialectic which project themselves outward, as proofs of the objective existence of abstract or general ideas.
Things are singular, while science treats of general ideas, which are only in the mind.
The other power of comparing, which may be observed in men, belonging to general ideas, and useful only to abstract reasonings, we may probably conjecture beasts have not.
The other power of comparing, which may be observed in men, belonging to general ideas, and useful only to abstract reasonings, we may probably conjecture beasts have not.
General ideas on the artillery of the different European powers, and comparison with the French material.
General ideas on Artillery, and more precise details on the same subject as a Special Arm; its use in the open field and in sieges.
The object is not merely that they may pass the Officer’s examination, but that they may gain true general ideas on these subjects, which ought not to be strange to a well-informed officer of any arm.
For further details on this point, we refer the reader to our Evolution of General Ideas (chapter I).
For a more detailed study of this subject, the reader is referred to the author's Evolution of General Ideas (English trans.
They have a schematic representation of the world, reduced to a hierarchy of general ideas, noted by symbols.
On the understanding of words, a very admirable little book is Ribot's "Evolution of General Ideas," Open Court Co.
The having of general ideas,' saith he, 'is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain unto.
The mistaken views of life, which spring from a false application of general ideas, have afterwards to be corrected by long years of experience; and it is seldom that they are wholly corrected.
The human intellect is said to be so constituted that general ideas arise by abstraction from particular observations, and therefore come after them in point of time.
The reason of this is simply that our head is full of general ideas which we are now trying to turn to some use, but which we hardly ever apply rightly.
Like ourselves, they are full and overflowing with general ideas, Parisians uneasy and curious.
Such feeble spirits want the force to give birth to {066}general ideas; they are bowed down under the weight of those which have been hooked on to them.
Words become general by being made the signs of general ideas: and ideas become general, by separating from them the circumstances of time and place, and any other ideas that may determine them to this or that particular existence.
He has a constant need to evolve from realism to general ideas, from thought to delight or sorrow, and the ideal of Dante or of Baudelaire is strangely mingled in him with love of the antique and worship of mythology.
He does not put his faith in individuals, but in general ideas.
From time immemorial the vexed question has been debated, "Have such abstract or general ideasany real existence, or are they mere names of figments of the mind?
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "general ideas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
