 THIS is THAT which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in. Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking makes...  The Conduct of the Understanding - Page 69by John Locke - 1802 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
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