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I
A SHORT SKETCH
OF
MODERN PHILOSOPHIES
BY
ANTONIO ROSMINI-SERBATI.
BY
FATHER LOCKHART.
London
BURNS AND OATES, ORCHARD STREET, W.
1882.
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say that it must be the first idea and the one innate
idea in the human mind.*
But how does this idea of existence make its
appearance in the mind ?
Not as a product of the senses, for we are obliged
to apply this idea on occasion of each sensation,
in order to form that idea of the thing which neces
sarily arises in our mind on occasion of each sen
sation. In the following brief treatise Rosmini
shows very clearly from the very nature of the idea
W. LOCKHART.
I. Locke (1632-1704).
Locke undertook to solve the problem of the
origin of ideas. According to him all ideas are
acquired by sensation aided by reflection.
Tiy reflection he meant the labour of the reflective
faculty of the human soul exercised upon the sen
sations. It follows that Locke denies to the mind
every innate idea.
By innate ideas we mean ideas or cognitions
which man has in his mind by nature.
II. CONDILLAC (1715-1780).
The philosophy of Locke was propagated in
France by Condillac with certain modifications of
his own.
Condillac professed to have simplified the ideo
logical system of Locke by his suppression of
reflection, which he held to be nothing more than
sensation.
He thus reduced all human cognitions to sen
sation only. He held, therefore, that man pos
sessed one only facultynamely, the faculty ot
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