 | Matthew Thompson McClure - 1925 - 512 Seiten
...from experience; in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives itself." ' "All those sublime thoughts which tower above the...be elevated with, it stirs not one jot beyond those 1 Enayt Concerning Human Understanding, Bk. II, 1, 2. ideas which sense and reflection have offered... | |
 | John Locke - 1928 - 428 Seiten
...on them. This is the first step a man makes towards the discovery of any thing, and the ground-work whereon to build all those notions which ever he shall...or reflection have offered for its contemplation. In this part the understanding is merely passive; and whether or no it will have these beginnings,... | |
 | John W. Yolton - 1977 - 364 Seiten
...on them. This is the first step a man makes towards the discovery of any thing, and the ground-work whereon to build all those notions which ever he shall...or reflection have offered for its contemplation. (d) Physiology When, early in his Introduction ( 1.1.2), Locke announced his intention to "inquire... | |
 | Hendrik Roelof Rookmaaker - 1984 - 232 Seiten
...inlet of all knowledge into our minds'.29 On this, all that the human mind can accomplish is based, 'All those sublime thoughts which tower above the...high as heaven itself, take their rise and footing here'.30 Moreover, Locke is of the opinion that in perception 'the understanding is merely passive',... | |
 | 216 Seiten
...groundwork whereon to build all those notions, which ever we shall have naturally in this world" — that " all those sublime thoughts which tower above the clouds,...high as heaven itself, take their rise and footing there" (ni 24). In fine, when Locke states that Sensation and Reflection are " the Originals of all... | |
 | Diogenes Allen, Eric O. Springsted - 1992 - 324 Seiten
...reflects on them. This is the first step a man makes towards the discovery of anything, and the groundwork whereon to build all those notions which ever he shall...itself, take their rise and footing here: in all that great extent wherein the mind wanders in those remote speculations it may seem to be elevated with,... | |
 | Z. Radman - 1996 - 208 Seiten
...on them. This is the first step a man makes towards the discovery of anything, and the ground-work whereon to build all those notions which ever he shall...itself, take their rise and footing here: in all that great extent wherein the mind wanders, in those remote speculations it may seem to be elevated with,... | |
 | Don Garrett Associate Professor of Philosophy University of Utah - 1996 - 289 Seiten
...the Clouds, and reach as high as Heaven it self, take their Rise and Footing here: In all that great Extent wherein the mind wanders, in those remote Speculations,...or Reflection, have offered for its Contemplation. . . . These simple Ideas, when offered to the mind, the Understanding can no more refuse to have, nor... | |
 | Frederick Copleston - 1999 - 452 Seiten
...pp. 121-2. •£., 2, 1, 3; 1, pp. 122-3. • £., 2, 1, 4; 1, p. 124. • £., 2, 1, 8; 1, p. 127. extent wherein the mind wanders, in those remote speculations,...ideas which sense or reflection have offered for its contemplation'.1 Locke's general principle, that all our ideas are grounded in experience and depend... | |
 | Y. Masih - 1999 - 606 Seiten
...contention lay in holding that knowledge is solely confined to simple ideas, in the ultimate analysis. All those sublime thoughts which tower above the clouds,...as heaven itself, take their rise and footing here; inali that great extent wherein the mind wanders in those remote speculations it may seem to be elevated... | |
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Thus, the first capacity of human intellect is that the mind is fitted to receive the impressions made on it, either through the senses, by outward objects, or by its own operations, when it reflects on them. This is the first step a man makes towards... 
