 ... themselves that they are so. How a man may know whether he be so in earnest, is worth inquiry : and I think there is this one unerring mark of it, viz., the not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will...  An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Page 248by John Locke - 1813Full view - About this book
 | John Wynne - Knowledge, Theory of - 1752 - 280 pages
...whoperfuade themfelves' that they are fo. How a man may know whether he be fo in earnett, is worth Enquiry : and I think there is this one unerring mark of it, viz. The not entertaining any Propofition with greater aflurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. Whoever goes beyond... | |
 | J. JOHNSON - 1801 - 374 pages
...this, one may truly say, that there are very few lovers of truth for truth-sake, even amongst those who persuade themselves that they are so. How a man...in earnest, is worth inquiry: and I think there is one unerring mark of it, viz. the not entertaining any proposition "with greater assurance, than the... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1801 - 986 pages
...that tbty are fo. How a mnn may know whether he be fo in earneft, is worth inquiry ; and I think theic is this one unerring mark of it, viz. the not entertaining any propofitiou with greater affurance, than the proofs it is biiik upon will warrant.- Whoever goesbeyoiul... | |
 | John Locke - 1801 - 950 pages
...thr.y are fo. How am;in may know whethtt" he be fo in earned, is worth inquiry ; and I thir.k thc'e is this one unerring mark of it, viz. the not entertaining any propofition with greater afTunmce, than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. Whoever goes beyond... | |
 | 1870 - 624 pages
...all this, we may truly say, there are very few lovers of truth, for truth-sake, even amongst those who persuade themselves that they are so. How a man may know, whether he be wo, in earnest, is worth inquiry ; and I think there is this one unerring mark of it, viz., the not... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1808 - 346 pages
...persuasions, few love Truth for Truth's sake. • A certain mark of a man's earnestly loving it, is his not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance, than the proofs it is built on will warrant. Whoever goes beyond this measure of assent loves it for some bye end ; for it must... | |
 | James Fishback - Apologetics - 1813 - 326 pages
...this, one may truly say, there are very few lovers of truth, for "truth's sake, even amongst those who persuade themselves that they are so. How a man may know whether he is so in earnest, is worth inquiry: And I think there is this one unerring mark of it, (viz.) the not... | |
 | 362 pages
...established opinions and rooted inclinations, — the determination (as Locke says) " to entertain a proposition, with greater assurance, than the proofs it is built upon will warrant." This receiving " truth, not for Ihe love of it, but for some bye end," is equally the fault of the... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Conduct of life - 1818 - 432 pages
...all this, one may truly say, there are very few lovers of truth for truth's sake, even amongst those who persuade themselves that they are so. How a man may know whether he be-so in earnest, is worth enquiry, and I think there is this one unerring mark of it, viz. the not... | |
 | John Locke - 1819 - 460 pages
...this, one may truly say, that there are very few lovers of truth for truthsake, even amongst those who persuade themselves that they are so. How a man may know whether he be so in earnest, U worth inquiry : and I think there is one unerring mark of it, viz. the not entertaining any proposition... | |
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