CHAPTER II

. _Of Abstraction, or the Formation of

Conceptions._

§ 1. The comparison which is a preliminary to induction implies general conceptions 193

2. --but these need not be pre-existent 194

3. A general conception, originally the result of a comparison, becomes itself the type of comparison 198

4. What is meant by appropriate conceptions 200

5. --and by clear conceptions 203

6. Further illustration of the subject 205

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