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Philosophical beauties selected from the works of John Locke - Page 5
by John Locke - 1802
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...according to our differ'•Hi . as I may say, positions to it, it is not incongruous to think, nor beneath any man to try, whether another may not have notions of things which have escape! him, and which his reason would make use of if they camt1 into his mind. The faculty of reasoning...
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National Series of Selections for Reading; Adapted to the Standing ..., Volume 4

Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...thing, according to our different, as I may say, positions to it, it is not incongruous to think, nor beneath any man to try, whether another may not have notions of things which Lave escaped him, and which his reason would make use of, if they came into his mind. 6. The faculty...
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Address at the Annual Meeting of the Educational Institute of Scotland ...

James Bryce - Education - 1852 - 630 pages
...as in reasoning upon some or other object. (/) Mr. Locke, too, justly remarks, that reasoning itself seldom or never deceives those who trust to it ; its consequences from whal^Lt builds on are evident and certain ; but that which it oftenest, if not solely, misleads us...
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Locke's essays. An essay concerning human understanding. And A treatise on ...

John Locke - 1854 - 536 pages
...according to our different, as I may say, positions to it ; it is not incongruous to think, nor benoath any man to try, whether another may not have notions...which his reason would make use of if they came into hie mind. The faculty of reasoning seldom or never deceives those who trust to it; its consequences,...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...thing, according to our different, as I may say, positions to it, it is not incongruous to think, nor beneath any man to try, whether another may not have...trust to it ; its consequences from what it builds on arc evident and certain ; but that which it oftenest, if not only, misleads us in, is that the principles...
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Extracts from English Literature

John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...thing, according to our different, I may say, positions to it, it is not incongruous to think, nor beneath any man to try whether another may not have...reason would make use of if they came into his mind. LOCKE. Conduct of the Understanding. understanding and judgment ; which is ever infused and drenched...
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An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion

Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Authority - 1875 - 362 pages
...thing, according to our different, as I may say, positions to it; it is not inconsistent to think, nor beneath any man to try, whether another may not have...his reason would make use of if they came into his mind.'1 Hence, when a plan, prepared by one or two persons, is submitted to a consultative body for...
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A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man, Volume 2

George Harris - Human beings - 1876 - 588 pages
...frequently made apparent. Nevertheless, if any one will attentively con9 We are told by Locke that the faculty of reasoning seldom or never deceives those who trust to it. — Conduct of Understanding, s. 3. 9 " Every man carries about with him a touchstone, if he will make...
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Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 582 pages
...positions to it, it is not incongruous to think, nor beneath any man to try, whether another may not hîive notions of things which have escaped him, and which...trust to it ; its consequences from what it builds on arc evident and certain; but that which it oftenest. if not only, misleads us in, is, that the principles...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 30

Henry Barnard - Education - 1880 - 958 pages
...you to the study of what has already been thought.and done in education. The philosopher Locke says: beneath any man to try, whether another may not have...reason would make use of if they came into his mind." An eminent man, Henry Barnard, who was the first Commissioner of Education in the United States, has...
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