The Works of John Locke, Volumen1Thomas Tegg, 1823 |
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... proved no less agreeable and instruct- ing to that lady , since by means of it , as well as from an education under the eye of her ... prove to be the following piece , which some ingenious persons have judged to Preface by the Editor . ix.
... proved no less agreeable and instruct- ing to that lady , since by means of it , as well as from an education under the eye of her ... prove to be the following piece , which some ingenious persons have judged to Preface by the Editor . ix.
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... prove an irreparable loss to the public , many of them being in all likelihood written on subjects of a political nature , as that emi- nent patriot was well acquainted with , and seems to have availed himself considerably of , Mr ...
... prove an irreparable loss to the public , many of them being in all likelihood written on subjects of a political nature , as that emi- nent patriot was well acquainted with , and seems to have availed himself considerably of , Mr ...
Página xiv
... proving that men think not always , [ a position which , as he observes , letter to Molyneux , August 4 , 1696 , was then admitted in a commence- ment act at Cambridge for probable , and which few there now - a - days are found weak ...
... proving that men think not always , [ a position which , as he observes , letter to Molyneux , August 4 , 1696 , was then admitted in a commence- ment act at Cambridge for probable , and which few there now - a - days are found weak ...
Página xxvi
... prove an obstacle to their ascendancy , expressed their disapprobation of them , and procured an addi- tional article to be inserted , securing the countenance and sup- port of the state only to the exercise of religion according to the ...
... prove an obstacle to their ascendancy , expressed their disapprobation of them , and procured an addi- tional article to be inserted , securing the countenance and sup- port of the state only to the exercise of religion according to the ...
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... prove , " that there is nothing in the Christian religion , not only contrary to reason , but even nothing above it ; " and in explaining some of his notions , he made use of se- veral arguments from Mr. Locke's Essay concerning Human ...
... prove , " that there is nothing in the Christian religion , not only contrary to reason , but even nothing above it ; " and in explaining some of his notions , he made use of se- veral arguments from Mr. Locke's Essay concerning Human ...
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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.