The works of John Locke. To which is added the life of the author and a collection of several of his pieces, publ. by mr. Desmaizeaux, Volume 11801 |
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... determined time and place , we compare it with itself as existing at another time , and thereon form the ideas of identity and diversity . When we see any thing to be in any place in any instant of time , we are sure ( be it what it ...
... determined time and place , we compare it with itself as existing at another time , and thereon form the ideas of identity and diversity . When we see any thing to be in any place in any instant of time , we are sure ( be it what it ...
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... determined : only as to things whose ex- istence is in succession , such as are the actions of finite beings , v . g . motion and thought , both which consist in a continued train of succession ; concerning their diversity , there can ...
... determined : only as to things whose ex- istence is in succession , such as are the actions of finite beings , v . g . motion and thought , both which consist in a continued train of succession ; concerning their diversity , there can ...
Page 49
... determine it in every case : but to conceive and judge of it aright , we must consider what idea the word it is applied to stands for ; it being one thing to be the same substance , another the same man , and a third the same person ...
... determine it in every case : but to conceive and judge of it aright , we must consider what idea the word it is applied to stands for ; it being one thing to be the same substance , another the same man , and a third the same person ...
Page 55
... determine , till we know what kind of action it is that cannot be done without a reflex act of perception accompanying it , and how performed by thinking substances , who cannot think without being conscious of it . But that which we ...
... determine , till we know what kind of action it is that cannot be done without a reflex act of perception accompanying it , and how performed by thinking substances , who cannot think without being conscious of it . But that which we ...
Page 58
... determine the man in this case ; wherein the soul , with all its princely thoughts about it , would not make another man : but he would be the same cobler to every one besides him- self . I know that , in the ordinary way of speaking ...
... determine the man in this case ; wherein the soul , with all its princely thoughts about it , would not make another man : but he would be the same cobler to every one besides him- self . I know that , in the ordinary way of speaking ...
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Page 72 - 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 15 - So that if any one will examine himself concerning his notion of pure substance in general, he will find he has no other idea of it at all, but only a supposition of he knows not what support of such qualities, which are capable of producing simple ideas in us; which qualities are commonly called accidents.
Page 54 - For since consciousness always accompanies thinking, and it is that which makes every one to be what he calls self, and thereby distinguishes himself from all other thinking things ; in this alone consists personal identity, ie the sameness of a rational being : and as far as this consciousness can be extended backwards to any past action or thought, so far reaches the identity of that person...
Page 269 - But yet, if we would speak of things as they are, we must allow that all the art of rhetoric, besides order and clearness, all the artificial and figurative application of words eloquence hath invented, are for nothing else but to insinuate wrong ideas, move the passions, and thereby mislead the judgment, and so indeed are perfect cheat...
Page 15 - The mind being, as I have declared, furnished with a great number of the simple ideas conveyed in by the senses, as they are found in exterior things, or by reflection on its own operations, takes notice also that a certain number of these simple ideas go constantly together...
Page 202 - And when we consider the infinite power and wisdom of the Maker, we have reason to think that it is suitable to the magnificent harmony of the universe, and the great design and infinite goodness of the Architect, that the species of creatures should also, by gentle degrees, ascend upward from us toward his infinite perfection, as we see they gradually descend from us downward...
Page 148 - Conceptions; and to make them stand as marks for the Ideas within his own Mind, whereby they might be made known to others, and the Thoughts of Men's Minds be conveyed from one to another.
Page 144 - The ideas of goblins and sprites have really no more to do with darkness than light ; yet let but a foolish maid inculcate these often on the mind of a child, and raise them there together, possibly he shall never be able to separate them again so long as he lives ; but darkness shall ever afterwards bring with it those frightful ideas, and they shall be so joined, that he can no more bear the one than the other.
Page 77 - 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 149 - It may also lead us a little towards the original of all our notions and knowledge, if we remark how great a dependence our words have on common sensible ideas; and how those which are made use of to stand for actions and notions quite removed from sense, have their rise from thence, and from obvious sensible ideas are transferred to more abstruse significations, and made to stand for ideas that come not under the cognizance of our senses...