The Works of John Locke, Volumen1Thomas Tegg, 1823 |
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... give leave ) by not only collating former editions , and correcting those numerous errors which had crept into most of them ; but also by inserting , or giving some de- scription of such other pieces as are known to have come from the ...
... give leave ) by not only collating former editions , and correcting those numerous errors which had crept into most of them ; but also by inserting , or giving some de- scription of such other pieces as are known to have come from the ...
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... gives the following account : " I am inclined to think that this work is the genuine production of Mr. Locke . It is compiled with ac- curacy and judgment , and is in every respect worthy of that masterly writer . I have compared it ...
... gives the following account : " I am inclined to think that this work is the genuine production of Mr. Locke . It is compiled with ac- curacy and judgment , and is in every respect worthy of that masterly writer . I have compared it ...
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... give it to Dr. Whitby . Of the same excellent lady Mr. Locke gives the following character to Limborch : " Ejus [ i . e . Historia Inquisitionis ] lectionem sibi et utilissimam et jucundissimam fore spondet domina Cudwortha , quæ ...
... give it to Dr. Whitby . Of the same excellent lady Mr. Locke gives the following character to Limborch : " Ejus [ i . e . Historia Inquisitionis ] lectionem sibi et utilissimam et jucundissimam fore spondet domina Cudwortha , quæ ...
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... give one of these for a specimen , on raising the value of coin , as the same method which he there recommends , viz . of weighing it , has of late been practised . See the letter in Vol . x . of this edition , p . 320. The two letters ...
... give one of these for a specimen , on raising the value of coin , as the same method which he there recommends , viz . of weighing it , has of late been practised . See the letter in Vol . x . of this edition , p . 320. The two letters ...
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... give so clear and just a view of these as might serve to point out their proper uses , and thereby direct young unprejudiced readers to a more beneficial study of them . The Essay on Human Understanding , that most distinguished of all ...
... give so clear and just a view of these as might serve to point out their proper uses , and thereby direct young unprejudiced readers to a more beneficial study of them . The Essay on Human Understanding , that most distinguished of all ...
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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.