 I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which,...  The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart - Page 254by Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Locke - 1805 - 554 pages
...and where they fail us : I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to be more Cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to' stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which, upon examination, are found... | |
 | John Locke - 1813 - 518 pages
...and where they fail us, I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to be more Cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it is at the Utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which, upon examination, are found... | |
 | John Locke - 1815 - 454 pages
...and where they fail us, I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to he more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension; to stop, when it is at the utmost extent of hs tether; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which, upon examination, are found... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 380 pages
...and where they fail us ; I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to be more -cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which, upon examination, are found... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 552 pages
...and where they fail us : I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which, upon examination, are found... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 390 pages
...and where they fail us ; I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 392 pages
...and where they fail us ; I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man, to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 602 pages
...and where they fail us ; I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which upon examination, are found... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 810 pages
...Descartes, a sort of father of the experimental philosophy of the human mind'), is constrained to say : ' To these visionary .speculations of Leibnitz a strong...mind of man to be cautious in meddling with things above its comprehension ; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 pages
...unable to annex a meaning to it : 1 shall not, therefore, offer any remarks on this part of his system.* To these visionary speculations of Leibnitz, a strong...instructive contrast is exhibited in the philosophy of * Absurd as the hypothesis of a Pre-established Harmoay may now appear, not many years have elapsed... | |
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