 Since it is the understanding that sets man above the rest of sensible beings, and gives him all the advantage and dominion which he has over them; it is certainly a subject, even for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into.  The Southern Review - Página 1251829Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
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...by which man is elevated above other animals, or in the words of our author, that which " sets him above the rest of sensible beings, and gives him all...advantage and dominion which he has over them," it cannot but be considered one of the noblest objects of investigation. This being the power which "... | |
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...him all the advantage and domi- demanding, nion, which he has over them ; it is cer- ^^ and tainly a subject, even for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into. The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice... | |
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...all the advantage and domi- derstanding, .on, which he has over them ; it is cer- P1™* and tainly a subject, even for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into. The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice... | |
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...CHAPTER I. An inquiry into the understanding, pleasant and useful. The underINTRODUCTION. § 1. SlNCE it is the understanding, that sets man above the rest...for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into, standing, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself;... | |
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...I.— CHAPTER I. INTRODUcTION. § 1. AN inquiry into the understanding, pleasant and useful. — SlNcE it is the understanding that sets man above the rest...he has over them ; it is certainly a subject, even from its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into. The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes... | |
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...it is the understanding, that An inquiry sets man above the rest of sensible beings, into the unand gives him all the advantage and dominion which he...for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into, standing, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself... | |
 | 1831 - 652 páginas
...the great advantages which this epitome presents to the reader. Locke thus begins his essay : — ' Since it is the understanding that sets man above the rest of sensible beings, and gives him all the ad vantage and dominion which he has over them, it is certainly a subject, even for its nobleness,... | |
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...understanding, that sets man above the " rest of sensible beings, and gives him all the ad" vantage and dominion, which he has over them ; " It is certainly...its nobleness, worth " our labour to inquire into."* Each of these enthymemes contains the elements of a syllogism, namely, the major, minor, and middle... | |
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