 ... him in capacity, quickness, and penetration : for, since no one sees all, and we generally have different prospects of the same thing, according to our different, as I may say, positions to it ; it is not incongruous to think, nor beneath any man...  The conduct of the understanding - Page 9by John Locke - 1823 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 376 pages
...positions, it is not incongruous to think, nor beneath any man to try, whether another may not have notions of things which have escaped him. and which his reason would make use of if it came into his mind." Many of the wild absurdities in which theorists and metaphysicians have occasionally... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 352 pages
...positions, it is not incongruous to think, nor beneath any man to try, whether another may not have notions of things which have escaped him, and which his reason would make use of if it came into his mind." Many of the wild absurdities in which theorists and metaphysicians have occasionally... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...it, it is not incongruous to think, nor beneath any man to try, whether another may not have notions of things which have escaped him, and which his reason...consequences from what it builds on are evident and eel-tain, but that which it oftencst, if not only, misleads us in, is, that the principles from which... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Authority - 1849 - 454 pages
...; it is not inconsistent to think, nor beneath any man to try, whether another may not have notions of things which have escaped him, and which his reason would make use of if they came into his mind."* Hence, when a plan, prepared by one or two persons, is submitted to a consultative body for discussion,... | |
 | Leonard Woods - Congregational churches - 1850 - 600 pages
...our different positions, — it is not beneath any man to try whether another may not have notions of things which have escaped him and which his reason would make use of if they came into his mind." In regard to the subject under consideration, that view, which seems most nearly to accord with Scripture,... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1850 - 382 pages
...— it is not incongruous to think, nor beneath any man to try, whether another may not have notions of things, which have escaped him, and which his reason would make use of, if they come into his mind." These views and attributes we apprehend things in, are infinitely diversified... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...it, it is not incongruous to think, nor beneath any man to try, whether another may not have notions of things which have escaped him, and which his reason...misleads us in, is that the principles from which we conclnde, the grounds upon which we bottom our reasoning, are but apart; something is left out which... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...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 seldom or...misleads us in, is that the principles from which we conclnde, the grounds upon which we bottom our reasoning, are but apart ; something is left out which... | |
 | Leonard Woods - Congregational churches - 1850 - 600 pages
...our different positions, — it is not beneath any man to try whether another may not have notions of things which have escaped him and which his reason would make use of if they came into Ins mind." In regard to the subject under consideration, that view, which seems most nearly to accord... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...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 of reasoning seldom or never deceives those who trust to it ; its consequences from... | |
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