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  • If the term SAME be taken in the vulgar acceptation, it is certain (and not at all repugnant to the principles I maintain) that different persons may perceive the same thing; or the same thing or idea exist in different minds.

    Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous 2005

  • But who sees not that all the dispute is about a word? to wit, whether. what is perceived by different persons may yet have the term SAME applied to it?

    Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous 2005

  • If the term SAME be taken in the vulgar acceptation, it is certain (and not at all repugnant to the principles I maintain) that different persons may perceive the same thing; or the same thing or idea exist in different minds.

    Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous George Berkeley 1719

  • But who sees not that all the dispute is about a word? to wit, whether. what is perceived by different persons may yet have the term SAME applied to it?

    Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous George Berkeley 1719

  • But, if the term SAME be used in the acceptation of philosophers, who pretend to an abstracted notion of identity, then, according to their sundry definitions of this notion (for it is not yet agreed wherein that philosophic identity consists), it may or may not be possible for divers persons to perceive the same thing.

    Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous George Berkeley 1719

  • "MORE OF THE SAME" is the republican plan. now is the time for all good men (and women)

    GOP: Dems' health care reform plan 'a prescription for disaster' 2009

  • A readership approaching it as ARIEL 2: MORE OF THE SAME is going to be disappointed.

    An Interview With Author Steven R. Boyett « A Working Title 2009

  • Wages in Vancouver are TRADITIONALLY LOWER than elsewhere in Canada, sometimes by as much as 25% (I always figured I was giving up 10% for the scenery, 10% for the lack of snow and 5% for the entertainment value of the provincial politicians), so making THE SAME is actually better than you non-union counterparts, you dumb-a$$e$.

    How stupid is this? Candace 2005

  • Words are of arbitrary imposition; and, since men are used to apply the word SAME where no distinction or variety is perceived, and I do not pretend to alter their perceptions, it follows that, as men have said before,

    Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous 2005

  • Call a Republican administration NAZI, then come in and continue the very same policies and then freak out when others call the SAME policies the same name you did while the other guys were in power.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

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