...idea of ourselves as understanding rational beings, being such as are clear in us, would, I suppose, if duly considered and pursued, afford such foundations...necessary consequences as incontestable as those in mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out to anyone that will apply himself with...

...of our selves, as understanding, rational Beings, being such as are clear in us, would, I suppose, if duly considered, and pursued, afford such Foundations...self-evident Propositions, by necessary Consequences, as incontestible as those in Mathematicks, the measures of right and wrong might be made out, to any one...

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...of our selves, as understanding, rational Beings, being such as are clear to us, would, I suppose, if duly considered, and pursued, afford such Foundations...Duty and Rules of Action, as might place Morality among the Sciences capable of Demonstration: wherein I doubt not, but from selfevident Propositions,...

..."from self-evident Propositions, by necessary Consequences, as incontestable as those in Mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out, to any one that will apply himself to the same Indifference and Attention to the one, as he does to the other of these Sciences."2 If...

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...Locke's belief that it was theoretically possible for 'the measures of right and wrong' to be derived 'from self-evident Propositions, by necessary Consequences, as incontestable as those in Mathematicks', was turned into a definite programme by Newton's friend Samuel Clarke, whose Boyle Lectures of 1705...