 | Y. Masih - 1999 - 606 Seiten
...us; I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, to stop when...utmost extent of its tether; and to sit down in a quite ignorance of those things, which, upon examination, are found to be beyond reach of our capacities."... | |
 | Beat Affentranger - 2000 - 194 Seiten
...us; I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension; to stop when...tether; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities If we can find out how... | |
 | Roy Sorensen - 2001 - 214 Seiten
...aspired: I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension; to stop when...the utmost extent of its tether; and to sit down in quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities.... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 2002 - 404 Seiten
...they fail us "; and thereby to " prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, to stop when...is at the utmost extent of its tether, and to sit dowa in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach... | |
 | Asa Mahan - 2003 - 493 Seiten
...us, I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension; to stop when...upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of its capacities. We should not then perhaps be so forward, vaunt of an affectation of a universal knowledge,... | |
 | Richard Bauman, Charles L. Briggs - 2003 - 378 Seiten
...and sharply delimited meanings had best not be said at all. Locke hoped to prevail upon his readers "to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things...are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities" (ibid.). These metadiscursive controls thus provided a basis for what could be thought, discussed,... | |
 | Kim Ian Parker, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion - 2004 - 217 Seiten
...us, I suppose it may be of use, to prevail with the busy Mind of Man, to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its Comprehension; to stop,...are found to be beyond the reach of our Capacities" (1.1.4; see also 1.1.6; 4.14.2; and the discussion above). Far from standing as a manifesto for scientific... | |
 | Hannah Dawson - 2007 - 295 Seiten
...linked. The small extent of our knowledge ought to stop our strutting speeches, and encourage us rather 'to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things,...found to be beyond the reach of our capacities'. We ought not to be 'so forward, out of an affectation of an universal knowledge, to raise questions, and... | |
 | 1868 - 718 Seiten
...: I suppose it may be of use, to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop...ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are proved to be beyond the reach of our capacities.'' " The candle that is set up in us, shines bright... | |
 | John Locke - 1800 - 540 Seiten
...it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with tilings exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it is at...ignorance of those things, which, upon examination, arc found to be beyond the reach of our capacities. We should not then, perhaps, be so forward, out... | |
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IF, by this inquiry into the nature of the understanding, I can discover the powers thereof, how far they reach, to what things they are in any degree proportionate, and where they fail us, I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man,... 
