An Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingT. Tegg and Son, 1836 - 566 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 85
Página v
... abstract and general knowledge of things , beyond the ordinary reach , or common methods , that your allow- ance and approbation of the design of this treatise , will at least preserve it from being condemned without reading ' ; and ...
... abstract and general knowledge of things , beyond the ordinary reach , or common methods , that your allow- ance and approbation of the design of this treatise , will at least preserve it from being condemned without reading ' ; and ...
Página 12
... abstract truths , which are thought innate , till they come to the use of reason ; and I add , nor then neither . Which is so , because till after they come to the use of reason , those general abstract ideas are not framed in the mind ...
... abstract truths , which are thought innate , till they come to the use of reason ; and I add , nor then neither . Which is so , because till after they come to the use of reason , those general abstract ideas are not framed in the mind ...
Página 13
... them . After- wards the mind proceeding farther , abstracts them , and by degrees learns the use of general names . In this manner the mind comes to be furnished with ideas and language , the materials Chap . 2 . 13 IN THE MIND .
... them . After- wards the mind proceeding farther , abstracts them , and by degrees learns the use of general names . In this manner the mind comes to be furnished with ideas and language , the materials Chap . 2 . 13 IN THE MIND .
Página 16
... abstract ideas being more strangers to our first apprehensions , than those of more particular self - evident proposi- tions ; and , therefore , it is longer before they are admitted and as- sented to by the growing understanding . And ...
... abstract ideas being more strangers to our first apprehensions , than those of more particular self - evident proposi- tions ; and , therefore , it is longer before they are admitted and as- sented to by the growing understanding . And ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERST John 1632-1704 Locke,Thomas Holywell,William (Binder) Bell Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
abstract ideas actions Æneid agree agreement or disagreement annexed answer aqua regia assent Bishop of Worcester body capable certainty changeling clear and distinct colour complex idea conceive concerning connexion consider demonstration determined discourse distinct ideas distinguish doubt duration eternal evident examine existence faculties farther give gold happiness hath ideas of substances imagine immaterial infinite innate ideas innate principles inquiry intuitive knowledge knowledge liberty lordship material substance maxims men's mind mixed modes moral motion names nature never nexion nominal essence objects observe operations opinion pain particles of matter particular perceive perception perhaps personal identity pleasure primary qualities produce proofs propositions real essence reason receive reflection relation resurrection revelation sensation sense signification simple ideas solid sort soul sounds space speak species spirit stand suppose syllogism take notice things thoughts tion true truth understanding uneasiness universal propositions whereby wherein whereof whilst words
Pasajes populares
Página 415 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament ; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Página 91 - For. wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas. and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity. thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy: judgment. on the contrary. lies quite on the other side. in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference. thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and by affinity to take one thing for another.
Página viii - ... found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts, that we took a wrong course : and that before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Página 75 - ... nothing in the objects themselves but powers to produce various sensations in us, and depend on those primary qualities, viz.
Página 236 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Página 533 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties: revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives, that they come from God.
Página 52 - I would be understood to mean that notice which the mind takes of its own operations, and the manner of them; by reason whereof there come to be ideas of these operations in the understanding-.
Página 415 - As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Página 193 - So that if any one will examine himself concerning his notion of pure substance in general, he will find he has no other idea of it at all, but only a supposition of he knows not what support of such qualities which are capable of producing simple ideas in us; which qualities are commonly called accidents.
Página 52 - The understanding seems to me not to have the least glimmering of any ideas which it doth not receive from one of these two. External objects furnish the mind with the ideas of sensible qualities, which are all those different perceptions they produce in us; and the mind furnishes the understanding with ideas of its own operations.