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" Whence comes it by that vast store which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it, with an almost endless variety ? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge ? To this I answer, in a word, from experience. In that all our knowledge... "
The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart: Philosophical essays. 1855 - Page 133
by Dugald Stewart - 1855
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A History of Western Thought: From Ancient Greece to the Twentieth Century

Gunnar Skirbekk, Nils Gilje - 2001 - 516 pages
...is. On the question of what sources of knowledge we possess, Locke says: 'Whence has it [the mind] all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE. In that all our knowledge is founded; and from that it ultimately derives...
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Cognitive Science: A Philosophical Introduction

Rom Harre - 2002 - 340 pages
...in their minds several ideas ...‘. He asks how the mind is ‘furnished' with ideas. Then he asks, ‘Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy...boundless fancy of man has painted on it, with an almost endiess variety:' In section 3 of that chapter he says, ‘our senses ... convey into the mind several...
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Child, Adolescent and Family Development

Phillip T. Slee - 2002 - 548 pages
...which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety. Whence has all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer in one word; from experience: in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives...
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Philosophy of Religion

Anne Jordan, Neil Lockyer, Edwin Tate - 2002 - 246 pages
...paper void of all characters, without any ideas. How comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by the vast store which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted in it with almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this...
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Destined for Distinguished Oblivion: The Scientific Vision of William ...

Nicholas Wade - 2003 - 330 pages
...without any Ideas, How comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busie and boundless Fancy of Man has painted on it with...materials of Reason and Knowledge? To this I answer in one word, from Experience: In that all our Knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives...
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The Sceptical Idealist: Michael Oakeshott as a Critic of the Enlightenment

Roy Tseng - 2003 - 324 pages
...opposite, that the source through which our knowledge comes to us is sense experience. As Locke put it, “Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from experience. In that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives...
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On Becoming Aware: A Pragmatics of Experiencing

Natalie Depraz, Francisco J. Varela, Pierre Vermersch - 2003 - 296 pages
...say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas: - How comes it to be furnished? (...) Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer in one word, from EXPERIENCE (Hume 1748, Book II, Chap. 1, §2). The mind is receptive; the data of experience...
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The Enlightenment: A Sourcebook and Reader

Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 494 pages
...vo/d of all characters, w/thout any /deas; how-comes/s to be furn/shed? Whence comes is by that vass store which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on is w/th an almost endless variety? Whence has is all the mater/als of reason and know'ledge?To th/sI...
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Radical Tragedy: Religion, Ideology, and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare ...

Jonathan Dollimore - 2004 - 420 pages
...Paper, void of all Characters, without any ideas¿ He then asks ‘how comes it to be furnished?. . . Whence has it all the materials of Reason and Knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, From experience. In that, all our Knowledge is founded' (II. i. 2). Elsewhere Locke asserts...
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The Language of the Eyes: Science, Sexuality, and Female Vision in English ...

Daryl Ogden - 2006 - 288 pages
...respect to Knowledge or what we might call, extending Locke's metaphor, the "furnishings of the mind": Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy...materials of Reason and Knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, From Experience: In that, all our Knowledge is founded; and from that it ultimately derives...
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