The Works of John Locke, Volume 4Thomas Tegg, 1823 - Philosophy |
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... such , though unknown , cause of their union , as makes the whole subsist of itself . " * Human Understanding , B. ii . c . 23. § 4. † Ib . § 5. ‡ Ib . § 6 . And I further say in the same section , " 6 Mr. Locke's Letter to the.
... such , though unknown , cause of their union , as makes the whole subsist of itself . " * Human Understanding , B. ii . c . 23. § 4. † Ib . § 5. ‡ Ib . § 6 . And I further say in the same section , " 6 Mr. Locke's Letter to the.
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... cause of their union , as makes the whole subsist of itself . " The other thing laid to my charge , is as if I took the being of substance to be doubtful , or rendered it so by the imperfect and ill - grounded idea I have given of it ...
... cause of their union , as makes the whole subsist of itself . " The other thing laid to my charge , is as if I took the being of substance to be doubtful , or rendered it so by the imperfect and ill - grounded idea I have given of it ...
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... caused by the impressions of outward objects . But whether we are to judge according to these impressions , doth not depend on our ideas them- selves , but upon the exercise of our judgment and reason about them , which put the ...
... caused by the impressions of outward objects . But whether we are to judge according to these impressions , doth not depend on our ideas them- selves , but upon the exercise of our judgment and reason about them , which put the ...
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... cause I make use of that other way . This being pre- mised , I shall endeavour to show , that my proof of a Deity is all grounded on ideas , however your lordship is pleased to call it by other names . Your lordship's words are : " But ...
... cause I make use of that other way . This being pre- mised , I shall endeavour to show , that my proof of a Deity is all grounded on ideas , however your lordship is pleased to call it by other names . Your lordship's words are : " But ...
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... cause ; that this cause must have either a knowledge or not ; if it have , the point is gained : if it hath not , nothing can produce no- thing ; and consequently a not knowing being can- not produce a knowing . " Your lordship here ...
... cause ; that this cause must have either a knowledge or not ; if it have , the point is gained : if it hath not , nothing can produce no- thing ; and consequently a not knowing being can- not produce a knowing . " Your lordship here ...
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Page 472 - As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Page 287 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 35 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 79 - Words become general by being made the signs of general ideas; and ideas become general by separating from them the circumstances of time and place and any other ideas that may determine them to this or that particular existence.
Page 291 - How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die, "And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Page 53 - I judge it as certain and clear a truth as can any where be delivered, that "the invisible things of God are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead.
Page 317 - I think, is a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places...
Page 20 - These, when we have taken a full survey of them, and their several modes, [combinations, and relations,] we shall find to contain all our whole stock of ideas; and that we have nothing in our minds which did not come in one of these two ways.
Page 423 - ... yet, because we cannot conceive how they should subsist alone, nor one in another, we suppose them existing in and supported by some common subject; which support we denote by the name substance...
Page 448 - The gravitation of matter towards matter, by ways unconceivable to me, is not only a demonstration that God can, if he pleases, put into bodies powers, and ways of operation, above what can be derived from our idea of body, or can be explained by what we know of matter, but also an unquestionable, and every where visible instance, that he has done so. And therefore in the next edition of my book, I will take care to have that passage rectified.