 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1866 - 972 pages
...degree, this, I think, I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them, and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain unto.' But it is obvious that... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1866 - 992 pages
...degree, this, I think, I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them, and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain unto.* But it is obvious that... | |
 | Charles Wallwyn Radcliffe Cooke - 1866 - 74 pages
...contrivance or other. Mr Locke advances the opinion that the power of abstracting is not in brutes, and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes. For my own part I cannot but think that the power of reflection, an inward sense as it were, which... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1866 - 968 pages
...this, I think, I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them, and that tho having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain unto.1 But it is obvious that... | |
 | David Page - 1867 - 238 pages
...Understanding, " I think I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them ; and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to." And Dr. H. Bischoff,... | |
 | Charles Staniland Wake - 1868 - 364 pages
...affirms all language may be reduced. Following the dictum of Locke,* he asserts that, " the having general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to." He adds,f " If Locke... | |
 | Henrietta Sullivan - 1871 - 232 pages
...was known also that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction between men and brutes ; but that these two were only different...known till the theory of roots had been established But though our modern philosophy did not know it, the ancient poets and framers of language must have... | |
 | Henrietta Sullivan - 1871 - 236 pages
...was known also that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction between men and brutes ; but that these two were only different...known till the theory of roots had been established But though our modern philosophy did not know it, the ancient poets and framers of language must have... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1871 - 478 pages
...that which puts the widest difference in point of understanding betwixt man and beast. Thus speaks he: 'The having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the facultys of brutes do by no means attain unto. For it is evident we... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1871 - 478 pages
...that which puts the widest difference in point of understanding betwixt man and beast. Thus speaks he: 'The having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the facultys of brutes do by no means attain unto. For it is evident we... | |
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If it may be doubted, whether beasts compound and enlarge their ideas that way, to any degree: this, I think, I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them; and that the having of general ideas, is that which puts a perfect... 
