The Works of John Locke, Volumen1Thomas Tegg, 1823 |
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... consider- able service by reducing that Essay into some better method , which the author himself shows us , ( preface and elsewhere ) that he was very sensible it wanted , though he contented himself with leaving it in its original form ...
... consider- able service by reducing that Essay into some better method , which the author himself shows us , ( preface and elsewhere ) that he was very sensible it wanted , though he contented himself with leaving it in its original form ...
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... consider the force of bigotry and the pre- judice in favour of antiquity which adheres to narrow minds , it must be matter of surprise to find so small . a number of exceptions made to some of his dis- quisitions which lie out of the ...
... consider the force of bigotry and the pre- judice in favour of antiquity which adheres to narrow minds , it must be matter of surprise to find so small . a number of exceptions made to some of his dis- quisitions which lie out of the ...
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... consider his genius , and penetrating and exact judgment , or the strict- ness of his morals , has scarcely any superior , and few equals now living . " In the summer of 1675 , Mr. Locke , being ap- prehensive of a consumption ...
... consider his genius , and penetrating and exact judgment , or the strict- ness of his morals , has scarcely any superior , and few equals now living . " In the summer of 1675 , Mr. Locke , being ap- prehensive of a consumption ...
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... consider myself as liable to mistakes , as I can think thee , and know that this book must stand or fall with thee , not by any opinion I have of it , but thy own . If thou findest little in it new or instructive to thee , thou art not ...
... consider myself as liable to mistakes , as I can think thee , and know that this book must stand or fall with thee , not by any opinion I have of it , but thy own . If thou findest little in it new or instructive to thee , thou art not ...
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... consider them so far as to know what he himself or others precisely mean by them I have therefore in most places chose to put determinate or determined , instead of clear and di- stinct , as more likely to direct men's thoughts to my ...
... consider them so far as to know what he himself or others precisely mean by them I have therefore in most places chose to put determinate or determined , instead of clear and di- stinct , as more likely to direct men's thoughts to my ...
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Página 82 - ... white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE; in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives itself.
Página 83 - First, Our senses, conversant about particular sensible objects, do convey into the mind several distinct perceptions of things, according to those various ways wherein those objects do affect them: and thus we come by those ideas we have, of Yellow, White, Heat, Cold, Soft, Hard, Bitter, Sweet, and all those which we call sensible qualities; which when I say the senses convey into the mind, I mean, they from external objects convey into the mind what produces there those perceptions.
Página 84 - The term operations here, I use in a large sense, as comprehending not barely the actions of the mind about its ideas, but some sort of passions arising sometimes from them, such as is the satisfaction or uneasiness arising from any thought.
Página 82 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it, with an almost endless variety ? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, From experience: in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives itself.
Página xxxiv - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Página 278 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Página 84 - External objects furnish the mind with the ideas of sensible qualities, which are all those different perceptions they produce in us; And the mind furnishes the understanding with ideas of its own operations...
Página 153 - ... the pictures coming into such a dark room but stay there, and lie so orderly as to be found upon occasion, it would very much resemble the understanding of a man, in reference to all objects of sight, and the ideas of them.
Página 120 - Secondly, such qualities which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities, ie by the bulk, figure, texture, and motion of their insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes, &c.
Página 3 - If by this inquiry into the nature of the understanding, I can discover the powers thereof; how far they reach, to what things they are in any degree proportionate, and where they fail us; I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether; and sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities.