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" Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge ; it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections ; unless we chew thorn over again, they will not... "
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Page 356
by John Locke - 1805 - 510 pages
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Posthumous Works

John Locke - Commonplace-books - 1706 - 352 pages
...too ^ but it", is not always fo. Reading furnimes the Mind only with Materials of Knowledge , 'tis Thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and 'tis not enough to cram our felves with a great Joad of Collections, unlefs we chew them over again,...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: With Thoughts on the Conduct of ...

John Locke - 1801 - 950 pages
...every thing, are thought to underftand every thing too ; but it is not always fo. Reading furnifhes the mind only with materials of knowledge ; it is...the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram onrfelves with a great load of collections ; unlefs we chew tliem over again, thejr ^6^ Of the ConduR...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: With Thoughts on the ..., Volumes 1-3

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1801 - 986 pages
...every thing, are thought to underftand every thing too ; but it is not always fo. Reading furniJhes the mind only with materials of knowledge ; it is...the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourfelves with a great load of collections; unlefs we chew them over again, they $ 20. Reading. ^ 252...
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The conduct of the understanding

John Locke - 1801 - 168 pages
...be mistaken in. Those who have read of .every thing, are thought to understand every thing too ; Lut it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind .only .with materials of knowledge, k is thinking jnakes what we read ours. We are of a ruminating •kind, «nd it is not enough to cram...
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The Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - Intellect - 1802 - 184 pages
...he mistaken in. Those who have read of every thing, are thought to understand every thing too; hut it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only...materials of knowledge, it is thinking makes what ' wereadoursy We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load...
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Philosophical beauties selected from the works of John Locke

John Locke - 1802 - 308 pages
...'o be mistaken in. Those \vhp have read of every filing, are taught to understand every tiling too ; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking iniikes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with...
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The conduct of the understanding. To which is prefixed, a sketch of the life ...

John Locke - 1812 - 178 pages
...to be mistaken in. Those who have read of every thing, are thought to understand every thing too ; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind...materials of knowledge, it is thinking makes what we read eurs. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections...
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An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now added, i. Analysis ...

John Locke - 1816 - 1048 pages
...apt to be mistakcu in. Those who have road of every thing, are thought to understand every thing too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind...read ours. We are of the ruminating- kind, and it js not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections; unless we chew them over again, they...
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An essay concerning human understanding. Also, extr. from the author's works ...

John Locke - 1819 - 460 pages
...to be mistaken in. Those who have read of every thing, are thought to understand every thing too ; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind...knowledge, it is thinking makes what we read ours. We arc of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections...
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The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature. [Continued ..., Volume 6

1820 - 390 pages
...for so doing. FOR THE POCKET MAGAZINE. ESSAY BASIL. ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN READING AND STUDY. " Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of...knowledge ; it is -thinking makes what we read ours." Locke. AS the great philosopher above quoted intimates, we should discriminate between readmg, and...
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