An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now added, i. analysis of mr. Locke's doctrine of ideas [&c.].1824 |
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Արդյունքներ 78–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... hath the essence of a man , hath also in it the essence of rationality , i . e . a power of reasoning . § 2. This distinction of names shows us They show also the difference of our ideas : for if we the differ- observe them , we shall ...
... hath the essence of a man , hath also in it the essence of rationality , i . e . a power of reasoning . § 2. This distinction of names shows us They show also the difference of our ideas : for if we the differ- observe them , we shall ...
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... hath spread before all the world such legible characters of his works and providence , and given all mankind so sufficient a light of reason , that they to whom this written word never came , could not ( when- ever they set themselves ...
... hath spread before all the world such legible characters of his works and providence , and given all mankind so sufficient a light of reason , that they to whom this written word never came , could not ( when- ever they set themselves ...
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... hath added much to the natural imperfection of languages , whilst it has been made use of and fitted to perplex the signification of words , more than to discover the knowledge and truth of things : and he that Ch . 10 . 25 Abuse of Words .
... hath added much to the natural imperfection of languages , whilst it has been made use of and fitted to perplex the signification of words , more than to discover the knowledge and truth of things : and he that Ch . 10 . 25 Abuse of Words .
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... hath been propagated in ments of the world , and hath much perplexed whilst knowledge it pretended to inform the understanding : nication . For we see that other well - meaning and wise men , whose education and parts had not acquired ...
... hath been propagated in ments of the world , and hath much perplexed whilst knowledge it pretended to inform the understanding : nication . For we see that other well - meaning and wise men , whose education and parts had not acquired ...
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... hath this mischief stopped in perplexed logical niceties , or curious empty specula- religion and tions ; it hath invaded the great concern- justice . ments of human life and society , obscured and perplexed the material truths of law ...
... hath this mischief stopped in perplexed logical niceties , or curious empty specula- religion and tions ; it hath invaded the great concern- justice . ments of human life and society , obscured and perplexed the material truths of law ...
Common terms and phrases
abstract ideas Æneid affirmed agree agreement or disagreement annexed aqua regia assent bishop of Worcester body called capable cerning certainty changelings co-existence colour complex idea conceive concerning connexion consider demonstration discourse discover disputes distinct ideas doubt equal errour eternal evidence examine faculty of thinking faith farther gism give gold hath ideas they stand ignorance immaterial substance immortality imperfection inquiry intermediate ideas intuitive knowledge known language ledge less lordship maxims men's ment mind moral motion names of substances natural philosophy nature neral never nexion observe opinions particles particular perceive perception principles probability produce proofs propositions qualities rational real essence reason repug revelation rience Secondly self-evident sense signification simple ideas soever sort soul sounds species spirit stances suppose syllogism things thought tion triangle true truth understanding universal propositions unquestionable truths whereby wherein whereof whilst words
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Էջ 102 - As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Էջ 69 - This part of knowledge is irresistible, and, like bright sunshine, forces itself immediately to be perceived as soon as ever the mind turns its view that way; and leaves no room for hesitation, doubt or examination, but the mind is presently filled with the clear light of it.
Էջ 273 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries, communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives, that they come from God...
Էջ 339 - I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge as they shall have occasion.30 For in all sorts of reasoning every single argument should be managed as a mathematical demonstration; the connection and dependence of ideas...
Էջ 81 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Էջ 41 - But yet if we would speak of things as they are, we must allow that all the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, all the artificial and figurative application of words eloquence hath invented, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment, and so indeed are perfect cheats...
Էջ 297 - The consideration then of ideas and words, as the great instruments of knowledge, makes no despicable part of their contemplation, who would take a view of human knowledge in the whole extent of it. And, perhaps, if they were distinctly weighed, and duly considered, they would afford us another sort of logic and critic, than what we have been hitherto acquainted with.
Էջ 332 - As it is in the body, so it is in the mind, practice makes it what it is ; and most even of those excellencies which are looked on as natural endowments, will be found, when examined into more narrowly, to be the product of exercise, and to be raised to that pitch only by repeated actions.
Էջ 69 - For if we reflect on our own ways of thinking, we shall find that sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention of any other : and this, I think, we may call intuitive knowledge.
Էջ 82 - ... For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?