First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, comes from a thinker who anticipated the views of Adam Smith:

"All the preceptions of the human mind resolve themselves into two distinct kinds, which I shall call Impressions and Ideas."

The winner receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is January .

Entries, including postal address, should be sent to

First Impressions
The THES
Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield
London E1W 1BX

faxed to 020 7782 3300 or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk .

The winner of last week's competition, who identified Daniel C. Dennett's Consciousness Explained , is Paul Clements of Highgate, London.

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