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Your lordship's way of proving it is this : your lordship says , “ we are told , B. iv . c
. 10. § 1 , • That the evidence of it is equal to mathematical certainty ; ' and very
good arguments are brought to prove it , in a chapter on purpose : but that which I
...
Your lordship's way of proving it is this : your lordship says , “ we are told , B. iv . c
. 10. § 1 , • That the evidence of it is equal to mathematical certainty ; ' and very
good arguments are brought to prove it , in a chapter on purpose : but that which I
...
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... may be proved . For nobody that I know ever said , that every idea would prove
every thing , or that an idea in men's minds would prove the existence of such a
real being : and therefore if this idea fail to prove , what is proposed to be proved
...
... may be proved . For nobody that I know ever said , that every idea would prove
every thing , or that an idea in men's minds would prove the existence of such a
real being : and therefore if this idea fail to prove , what is proposed to be proved
...
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But to prove it by this , that “ otherwise they could not be three persons , ” is to
prove it by a proposition unintelligible to me ; because his lordship has not yet
told me , what the clear and distinct apprehension of person is , which I ought to
have .
But to prove it by this , that “ otherwise they could not be three persons , ” is to
prove it by a proposition unintelligible to me ; because his lordship has not yet
told me , what the clear and distinct apprehension of person is , which I ought to
have .
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know , that that supposition is purely your lordship's ; for you neither in your
defence of the Trinity , nor in your first answer , produce any thing to prove , that
that was either an assertion or supposition of mine ; but your lordship was
pleased to ...
know , that that supposition is purely your lordship's ; for you neither in your
defence of the Trinity , nor in your first answer , produce any thing to prove , that
that was either an assertion or supposition of mine ; but your lordship was
pleased to ...
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Your Defence of your third Answer goes on ; and to prove that the author of
Christianity not mysterious built upon my foundation , you tell me , that my ground
of certainty is the agreement or disagreement of ideas , as expressed in any ...
Your Defence of your third Answer goes on ; and to prove that the author of
Christianity not mysterious built upon my foundation , you tell me , that my ground
of certainty is the agreement or disagreement of ideas , as expressed in any ...
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| Title | The Works of John Locke, Volume 4 The Works of John Locke, John Locke |
| Author | John Locke |
| Publisher | T. Tegg, 1823 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2008 |
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