...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...any controversy with me ; since he can never be sure that I say anything contrary to his own opinion. As to myself, I think God has given me assurance enough...

...as sure as our knowledge of ourselves and of God, is still practically certain. "For I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical as to be uncertain...existence of those things which he sees and feels." This assurance is confirmed by various arguments. First, it is plain that these perceptions are produced...

...is no injustice" is a proposition as certain as any demonstration in Euclid.' (i) ' I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical as to be uncertain of the existence of those things which he sees or feels.' (j) 'A man knows first, and then he is able to prove syllogistically : BO that syllogism...

...an assurance that deserves the name of knowledge." "I think nobody can, in earnest, be so skeptical as to be uncertain of the existence of those things...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...

...Locke, In his Essay on the Human Understanding, iv. 11, 3, uses similar language : ' I think nobody can In earnest be so sceptical as to be uncertain...sees and feels. At least, he that can doubt so far will never have any controversy with me: since he can never be sure I say anything contrary to his...

...Locke is certain that there is an external world. "I think nobody can, in earnest, be so skeptical as to be uncertain of the existence of those things which he sees and feels." In the following passage, Locke indicates why he is so certain that the physical world exists and his...

...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 any tiling contrary to his own opinion. As to myself, I think God has given me assurance enough of the...

...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...

...the skeptics; their view is impractical and they are not to be reasoned with: "... for I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical, as to be uncertain...sure I say any thing contrary to his own opinion" (Essay, IV, xi, 3, Works, III, 63-64). the spirit of the tradition of his predecessors, he makes the...

...own existence and of God's. §3. This certainty deserves the name of knowledge. For I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical as to be uncertain of the existence of those things which he 444 sees and feels. §7. Also, our senses in many cases bear witness to each other. He who sees a fire...