... deserves the name of knowledge. If we persuade ourselves that our faculties act and inform us right concerning the existence of those objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence: for I think nobody can, in earnest, be so... THE WORKS OF JOHN LOCKE - Page 64by J. JOHNSON - 1801Full view - About this book
| George Henry Lewes - Philosophy - 1867 - 692 pages
...of those objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence; for I think nobody can in earnest be so sceptical as to be uncertain of the existence of those which he sees and feels. At least he that can doubt so far (whatever he may have with his own thoughts)... | |
| John Locke - 1879 - 722 pages
...those objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence : for I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical as to be uncertain...can never be sure I say any thing contrary to his opinion. As to myself, I think God has given me assurance enough of tha existence of things without... | |
| George Stuart Fullerton - Knowledge, Theory of - 1890 - 168 pages
...those objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence : for I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical as to be uncertain...controversy with me; since he can never be sure I say anything contrary to his own opinion. As to myself, I think God has given me assurance enough of the... | |
| Alexander Campbell Fraser - Philosophy - 1890 - 330 pages
...sceptical as to be uncertain of the real existence of those things which he is actually seeing and feeling. At least, he that can doubt so far, whatever he may...controversy with me — since he can never be sure I say anything contrary to his own opinion. . . . We cannot talk of knowledge itself but by the help of those... | |
| Alexander Campbell Fraser - Philosophy - 1890 - 326 pages
...existence of those things which he is actually seeing and feeling. At least, he that can doubt so fur, whatever he may have with his own thoughts, will never...controversy with me — since he can never be sure I say anything contrary to his own opinion. . . . We cannot talk of knowledge itself but by the help of those... | |
| Alexander Campbell Fraser - Philosophy - 1890 - 324 pages
...organ of sight), this — "Cannot," Locke thinks, "pass for an ill-grounded confidence ; for nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical as to be uncertain of the real existence of those things which he is actually seeing and feeling. At least, he that can doubt... | |
| John Locke - Philosophy - 1892 - 566 pages
...of those objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence: for I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical as to be uncertain...controversy with me; since he can never be sure I say anything contrary to his own opinion. As to myself, I think God has given me assurance enough of the... | |
| John Locke - Philosophy - 1892 - 572 pages
...of those objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence: for I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical as to be uncertain...those things which he sees and feels. At least, he tuat can doubt so far, (whatever he may have with r\ > 1 •< f»/1 his own thoughts,) will never have... | |
| John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1894 - 588 pages
...those objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence: for KnowI think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical as to be uncertain...of the existence of those things which he sees and feels6. At least, he that can doubt so far, (whatever he may without have with his own thoughts,) will... | |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von Leibniz - Idea (Philosophy) - 1896 - 906 pages
...uncertain of the existence of things which he sees and feels. At least, he who can carry his doubts so far will never have any controversy with me, since he can never be certain that I say anything contrary to his opinion. The perceptions of sensible things § 4. are produced... | |
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