"David Hume - An Account of Necessity" - читать интересную книгу автора (Hume David)

rendering the to us after they are divided, yet
the of an Object has nothing to do with its Divisibility>, nor does the one in the least contribute to, or
derogate from the other. We may consider an Object as a ,
without at that Time comparing our Idea called , with our
Idea called , which is the Case in ; for a
Demonstration will hold as true, when he takes a
or a for his Point, as when he takes
a almost to the Eye, tho' assisted by the
best magnifying Glass. But when we do actually compare our Idea
called , with our Idea called , it is as impossible
for us to suppose a , without , as it is to suppose it
without

or .
I shall therefore give myself no farther Trouble about my
Author's Arguments for shewing, that is not
divisible; for, in Truth, they seem to be as as his
. But I must ask him, whether he can suppose any Part of
to be void of Extension? If he does, I will say, that he
supposes it to be void of one of the Qualities of
; and if he does not, he must then grant, that every Part of
is , or has , and so on :
for if I remember any Thing of the old Philosophy I learned at
School, the Definition of was, partes>; and I am very sure, that if any of could not
be supposed to have , that is to say, it could

not be supposed to have any .
I shall conclude my Remarks upon this modern Piece of
with observing, that when we speak , it is a
very Question to ask, if be infinitum>? Every Part of , the we can imagine,
must be supposed to have , that is to say, it must be
supposed to have ; for this is all we can mean by the
of ; because of , the most
or we can imagine, can be divided;
that is to say, it is impossible to as we do
, by removing or destroying that which is
between any two of its ; therefore, I hope, my Readers will
suppose, that I have talked of the ,
only in Complaisance to my Author and in order to lead him, if
possible, into a right Way of thinking about those Subjects, upon
which he has wrote such a Treatise.
And now I must beg his Pardon for the Freedom I have taken with
him. I can upon Honour declare, I never had the least Intimation,
who he is; so that my cannot proceed from any
or . It proceeds entirely from the Regard I have for that
Science called : A Science which is in itself of great
, because it may do infinite Service to Religion, Virtue,
and Morality, and consequently to as well as Liberty>, when handled in a natural and concise Manner; but it does
infinite Mischief, when, , it is rendered