 I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that, having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings...  Posthumous Works - Page 30by John Locke - 1706 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - Women - 1840 - 544 pages
...that all should be deep mathematicians, but that, having got the way of reasoning which that study brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they have occasion." The same writer observes, in another part of his ' Essay on the Human Understanding,'... | |
 | John Locke - 1844 - 272 pages
...should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge as they shall have occasion. For in all sorts of reasoning, every single argument should be managed as a mathematical... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Education - 1851 - 340 pages
...should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way ol reasoning, which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they have occasion."— Locke on the Human Understanding. To the scholar and lover of knowledge, the sciences... | |
 | Horae - 1851 - 414 pages
...fhould be deep mathematicians ; but that having got the way of reafoning, which that ftudy neceflarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge as they have occafion. — LOCKE. Matter of Prayer. IUR firft enquiry muft be, the matter of our Prayers ;... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Education - 1851 - 348 pages
...should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they have occasion."—Locke on the Human Understanding. To the scholar and lover of knowledge, the sciences... | |
 | Edward Butt - 1852 - 680 pages
...should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning which tliat study necessarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of human knowledge, as they may have occasion — Locke. 2G3 POWER OF PRAYER. Prayer is a creature's strength,... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - Education - 1852 - 848 pages
...demonstrations ; that having got the way of reasoning which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they may be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge as they shall have occasion.' This, however, is an egregious mistake; the mode of reasoning of mathematicians... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - Education - 1853 - 828 pages
...demonstrations ; that having got the way of reasoning which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they may be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge as they shall have occasion.' This, however, is an egregious mistake ; the mode of reasoning of mathematicians... | |
 | Thomas Fisher - Mathematics - 1854 - 156 pages
...should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge as they have occasion; for in all sorts of reasoning, every single argument should be managed as a mathematical... | |
 | John Locke - 1854 - 536 pages
...should be deep mathematicians, but that, having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they shall have occasion. For, in all sorts of reasoning, every single argument should be managed as a mathematical... | |
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