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2187 | If we suspect that a philosophical term is meaningless, we should ask what impression it derives from [Hume] |
Full Idea: When we entertain any suspicion that a philosophical term is without any meaning or idea, we need but enquire "from what impression is that supposed idea derived?" | |
From: David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], II.17) |