 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1796 - 554 pages
...felt-evident propofition, all the light it has, or can have, is from the clearnefs and validity of thofe proofs, upon which it is received. To talk of any other light in the understanding is to put ourfelves ia the dark, or in the power of the Prince of darknefs, and by our own confent to give ourfelves... | |
 | J. JOHNSON - 1801 - 374 pages
...the truth or any proposition ; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, ou can have, is from the clearness and validity of those...to believe a lie. For if strength of persuasion be the light, which must guide us ; I ask how shall any one distinguish between the delusions of Satan,... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1801 - 986 pages
...felf-evident propofition, all. the light it has, or can have, is from the clearnefs and validity of thole proofs, upon which it is received. To talk of any other light in the understanding, is to put ourfclves in the darkj or in the power of the Prince of Darknefs, and by our o.. n confcut togive ourfeives... | |
 | John Locke - 1801 - 950 pages
...felf-evident propofition, all the light it has, or can have, is from the clearnefs and validity of thofe proofs, upon which it is received. To talk of any other light in the underftanding, is to put ourfclves in the d.-.rk, or in the power of the Prince of Darkir>6 Of Entlufi.ifm.... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1801 - 334 pages
...felf-evident propofition, all the light it has, or can have, is from the clearnefs and validity of thofe proofs, upon which it is received. To talk of any other light in the underftanding, is to put ourfelves in the dark, or in the power of the Prince of Darknefs, and by our... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 520 pages
...else but the evidence of mind, what. the truth of any proposition ; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, or can have, is...to believe a lie. For if strength of persuasion be the light, which must guide us ; I ask how shall any one distinguish between the delusions of Satan,... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 508 pages
...evidence of mind, what. the truth of any proposition ; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, ah1 the light it has, or can have, is from the clearness and validity of those proofs, u|*on which it is received. To talk of any other light in the understanding is to put ourselves in... | |
 | Thomas Halyburton - Deism - 1812 - 438 pages
...other evidence or light in the mind, about " propositions that are not self-evident, save what arises " from the clearness and validity of those proofs upon " which it is received : And he adds, " That to talk of " any other light is to put ourselves in the dark, or in '' the power... | |
 | Thomas Halyburton - Deism - 1812 - 414 pages
...other evidence or light in the mind, about " propositions that are not self-evident, save what arises " from the clearness and validity of those proofs upon " which it is received : And he adds, " That to talk of " any other light is to put ourselves in the dark, or in " the power... | |
 | John Locke - 1816 - 1048 pages
...else but the evidence of mind, what. the truth of any proposition ; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, or can have, is...validity of those proofs, upon which it is received. To talkot any other light in the understanding is to put ourselves in the dark, or in the power of (he... | |
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Light, true light, in the mind is, or can be, nothing else but the evidence of the truth of any proposition; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, or can have, is from the clearness and validity of those proofs upon which... 
