 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
 | A. W. Ward, A. R. Waller - 1976 - 408 páginas
...has, and Locke saw that it had, an importance of its own. His introductory sentences make this plain : Since it is the understanding that sets man above...for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into. The understanding, like the eye, while it makes ns see and perceive all other things, takes no notice... | |
 | John Locke - 1924 - 438 páginas
...^", CHAPTER I ! <; ' ^ ^' INTRODUCTION 1. ^4w enquiry into the under standing f pleasant and useful? Since it is the understanding that sets man above...subject, even for its nobleness, worth our labour to enquire into. The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things,... | |
 | Ba Han (Maung) - 1924 - 294 páginas
...Eng. IJt., vol. IX, p. a8g. ' 76., vol. IX, p. 28D. • Mark Pattison : toc. cit., vol. H, p. 46. ' Since it is the understanding that sets man above...subject, even for its nobleness, worth our labour to enquire into.' ' As a result of this enquiry, Locke has formulated his theory of knowledge. The innate... | |
 | Joseph Peterson - 1925 - 362 páginas
...the doctrine of formal discipline (147, pages 58 ff., and 159). THE ELEVATION OF THE UNDERSTANDING " Since it is the understanding that sets man above the rest of sensible beings, and gives him all the advantages and dominion which he has over them, it is certainly a subject, even for its nobleness,... | |
 | John Locke - 1928 - 428 páginas
...the significancy of their expressions to be inquired into. THE GENERAL DESIGN AND PLAN OF THE ESSAY SINCE it is the understanding, that sets man above...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... | |
 | 1994 - 412 páginas
...has, and Locke saw that it had, an importance of its own. His introductory sentences make this plain: "Since it is the understanding that sets man above...for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into. The understanding, like the eye, while it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice... | |
 | Lewis White Beck - 1966 - 332 páginas
...Book II. 22 Essay Concerning Human Understanding BOOK I -Of Innate Notions Chapter I.-INTRODUCTION 1. Since it is the understanding that sets man above...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... | |
 | Elizabeth Kraft - 1992 - 238 páginas
...self. The first paragraph sets the tone and justifies the subject matter of the ensuing preoccupation: Since it is the Understanding that sets Man above...Subject, even for its Nobleness, worth our Labour to enquire into. The Understanding, like the Eye, whilst it makes us see, and perceive all other Things,... | |
 | Michael Martin, Lee C. McIntyre - 1994 - 818 páginas
...investigation of the physical world. When Locke undertook his inquiry into that faculty of understanding which "sets Man above the rest of sensible Beings, and gives...the Advantage and Dominion which he has over them," the novelty of his project lay not in his desire for a knowledge of the human mind, but in his attempt... | |
 | Ian Harris - 1998 - 460 páginas
...superiors or, as Locke put it, had 'Dominion, or Superiority' over them. As he had remarked in Draft B, 'it is the Understanding that sets man above the rest of sensible beings & gives him all that dominion he hath over them'.89 For mankind resembled God, in that people had superior... | |
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