| J. JOHNSON - 1801 - 374 pages
...farther inquiry: but in probabilities, where there wants demonstration to establish the truth §. 7. I have mentioned mathematics as a •way to settle in the mind an habit of reason- t i C s ing closely and in train; not that I think it necessary that all men should... | |
| John Locke - 1801 - 168 pages
...connection, wonders what it was he stuck at in a case so plain. SECT. 1. • . • -. . * . Mathematics. I HAVE mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind an habit of reasoning closely and hi tram ; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep... | |
| John Locke - Intellect - 1802 - 184 pages
...plain. SECT. VII. Mathematics, 1 HAVE mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind an hahit of reasoning closely and in train ; not that I think it necessary that all men should he deep mathematicians, hut that having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily hrings... | |
| William Duncan - Logic - 1802 - 258 pages
...familiarity with them, " not that we look upon it as necessary, (To use the words of the great Mr. Locke ) that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that, having got the way of reasoning which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they may be able to transfer it to other parts of... | |
| William Duncan - Logic - 1802 - 256 pages
...familiarity with them, <( not that we look upon it as necessary, (To use the words of the great Mr. Locke^ that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that, having got the way of reasoning which that ftudy necessarily brings the mind to, they may be able to transfer it to other parts of... | |
| John Locke - 1802 - 308 pages
...to see the connection, wonders what it was he stuck at in a ease so plain. SECT. VII. MATHEMATICS. I HAVE mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind an habit of reasoning closely and in train ; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep... | |
| Henry Kett - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1805 - 340 pages
...the higher branches of knowledge. The benefit to be derived from them is thus stated by Mr. Locke : " I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in...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... | |
| Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1805 - 340 pages
...the higher branches of knowledge. The benefit to be derived from them is thus stated by Mr. Locke: " I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in...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... | |
| John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 520 pages
...have mentioned mathematics as a M , way to settle in the mind an habit of reason- . ticSi " *, fug closely and in train; not that I think it necessary...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... | |
| John Locke - 1812 - 178 pages
...so plain. \ SECT. VII. MATHEMATICS. 1 HAVE mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind an habit of reasoning closely and in train; not that...mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings the Blind 'to, they might be able to transfer it to . other parts... | |
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