The Works of John Locke, Volume 8Scientia Verlag, 1963 |
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... understanding . If I propose these , it is not , as I said , to make every man a thorough mathematician , or a deep algebraist ; but yet I think the study of them is of infinite use , even to grown men ; first , by experimentally ...
... understanding . If I propose these , it is not , as I said , to make every man a thorough mathematician , or a deep algebraist ; but yet I think the study of them is of infinite use , even to grown men ; first , by experimentally ...
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... understanding , therefore , for such reasoning as I have been above speaking of , care should be taken to fill it with moral and more abstract ideas ; for these not offering them- selves to the senses , but being to be framed to the ...
... understanding , therefore , for such reasoning as I have been above speaking of , care should be taken to fill it with moral and more abstract ideas ; for these not offering them- selves to the senses , but being to be framed to the ...
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... understanding that is no less necessary , viz . $ 44 . To accustom ourselves , in any question proposed , to examine and find Bottoming . out upon what it bottoms . Most of the difficulties that come in our way , when well considered ...
... understanding that is no less necessary , viz . $ 44 . To accustom ourselves , in any question proposed , to examine and find Bottoming . out upon what it bottoms . Most of the difficulties that come in our way , when well considered ...
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Revelation cannot be admitted against the clear evidence | 5 |
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