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Single Idea 2211

[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 8. Remembering Contiguity ]

Full Idea

When I am a few miles from home, whatever relates to it touches me more nearly than when I am two hundred leagues distance.

Clarification

An example of ideas associated by contiguity (closeness)

Gist of Idea

When I am close to (contiguous with) home, I feel its presence more nearly

Source

David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], V.II.42)

Book Ref

Hume,David: 'Enquiries Conc. Human Understanding, Morals', ed/tr. Selby-Bigge/Nidditch [OUP 1975], p.52

The 3 ideas with the same theme [linking memories by the same time or same place]:

4832 If the body is affected by two things together, the imagining of one will conjure up the other [Spinoza]
12528 If a man sees a friend die in a room, he associates the pain with the room [Locke]
2211 When I am close to (contiguous with) home, I feel its presence more nearly [Hume]