 | Levi Hedge - 1816 - 220 pages
...be employed. The following sentence is an enthymeme of this sort; " Since it is the understanding, that sets man " above the rest of sensible beings,...the advantage and dominion, which " he has over them 5 ? It is certainly a subject, even for its nobleness, " worth our labour to inquire into."* Each of... | |
 | John Locke - 1819 - 516 pages
...INTRODUCTION. f. 1. An Inquiry into the Understanding pleasant and useful. OINCE it is the understanding that sets man above the *^ rest of sensible beings,...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,... | |
 | Levi Hedge - 1821 - 188 pages
...understanding, that sets men above the " rest of sensible beings, and gives him all the ad" vantage and dominion, which he has over them ; "It is certainly a subject, even for its nobleness, worth "our labor to inquire into."* Each of these enthymemes contains the elements of a syllogism, namely, the... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 672 pages
...INTRODUCTION. §. 1. AN enquiry into the understanding, pleasant anduseful. — SINCE it is the understanding that sets man above the rest of sensible beings, and...he has over them; it is certainly a subject, even from its nobleness, worth our labour to enquire into. The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1824 - 218 pages
...by which man is elevated above other animals, or in the words of our author, that which " sets him above the rest of sensible beings, and gives him all...advantage and dominion which he has over them," it cannot but be considered one of the noblest objects of investigation. This being the power which "... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 390 pages
...the understanding, pleasant and useful. The underINTRODUCTION. § 1. SlNCE it is the understanding, that sets man above the rest of sensible beings, and...for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into, standing, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself;... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 602 pages
...INTRODUcTION. § 1. AN inquiry into the understanding, pleasant and useful. — SlNcE it is the understanding that sets man above the rest of sensible beings, and...he has over them ; it is certainly a subject, even from its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into. The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 392 pages
...it is the understanding, that An inquiry sets man above the rest of sensible beings, into the unand gives him all the advantage and dominion which he...for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into, standing, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself... | |
 | 1829 - 538 pages
...address ourselves in the words of one of the fathers of the science :* " Since it is the understanding that sets man above the rest of sensible beings, and...its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into." * Locke. If more ancient authority (and what would once have commanded more respect) be required, it... | |
 | 1829 - 530 pages
...address ourselves in the words of one of the fathers of the science :* " Since it is the understanding that sets man above the rest of sensible beings, and...advantage and dominion which he has over them, it ia certainly a subject, even for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into." * Locke. If more... | |
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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... 
