 For if we will reflect on our own ways of thinking, we shall find that sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention of any other: and this, I think, we may call intuitive knowledge.  An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Page 61by John Locke - 1796 - 459 pagesFull view - About this book
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...fomctimcs the Mind perceives the Agreement or Difagreement of two Ideas immediately by thcmfelves, without the intervention of any other : and this, I think, we may call intuitive Kno-wledg. For in this, the Mind is at no pains of proving or examining, but perceives the Truth, as... | |
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...Mr. Locke, book 4, chap. 2, " There is a part of our knowledge, says he, which we may call intuitive. In this the mind is at no pains of proving or examining, but perceives the truth as the eye does light only by being directed toward it. And this kind of knowledge is the clearest and most certain... | |
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