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THE WORKS OF JOHN LOCKE - Page 196
by J. JOHNSON - 1801
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Posthumous Works

John Locke - Commonplace-books - 1706 - 352 pages
...often give the firft rife to it .y but that never carrys a Man far without Ufe and Exercife, and 'tis Practice alone that brings the powers of the Mind as well as thofe of the Body to their Perfection. Many a good poetick Vein is buried under a Trade, and never...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 2

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1796 - 554 pages
...difpofition may often give the firft rife to it, but that never carries a man far, without ufe and exercife ;and it is practice alone, that brings the powers of the mind, as well as thofe of the body, to their perfection. Many a good poetic vein is buried under a trade, and never...
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The conduct of the understanding

John Locke - 1801 - 168 pages
...disposition may often give the first , rise to it; but that never carries a man far without use and exercise, and it is practice alone that brings the...any thing for want of improvement. We see the ways •£ discourse and reasoning are very .different, neyep concerning the same matter, 1 at court _and...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: With Thoughts on the ..., Volumes 1-3

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1801 - 986 pages
...alone that brings the powers of the mind as well as thofe of the body to their perfection. I Many 2 good poetic vein is buried under a trade, and never produces any thing for want of improvement. We fee the ways of difcourfe and reafoning are very different, even concerning the fame matter, at court...
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An essay concerning human understanding; with Thoughts on the ..., Volume 3

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1801 - 334 pages
...difpofmon may often give the firft rife to it, but that never carries a man far without ufe and exercife, and it is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind as well as thofe of the body to their perfection. Many a good poetic vein is buried under a trade, and never produces...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: With Thoughts on the Conduct of ...

John Locke - 1801 - 950 pages
...often give the firft rife to it, but that never carries a man far without ufe and exercife, and it u practice alone that brings the powers of the mind as well as thofe of the body to their perfection. Many » good poetic vein is buried under a trade, and never...
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The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logic. In Two Parts

Isaac Watts - Education - 1801 - 482 pages
...their several capacities : they should know how to avoid extremes. But in general it may be said that the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, grow stronger by a constant and moderate exercise. Every day let the memory of a child be entrusted...
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The Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - Intellect - 1802 - 184 pages
...powers of the mind as well as those of the hody to their perfections. Many a good poetic vein is huried under a trade, and never produces any thing for want of improvement. We sea the ways of discourse and reasoning are very different, even concerning the same matter, at court...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 2

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 520 pages
...disposition may often give the first rise to it, but that never carries a man far, without use and exercise; and it is practice alone, that brings the...improvement. We see the ways of discourse and reasoning are verj different, even concerning the same matter, at court and in the university. And he that will go...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 2

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 508 pages
...disposition may often give the first rise to it, but that never carries a man far, without use and exercise; and it is practice alone, that brings the powers of the jnind, as well as those of the body, to their perfectioni Many a good poetic vein is buried under a...
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