 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...  The Anthropological Review - Page cc1864Full view - About this book
 | Pierre Bayle - Biography - 1826 - 442 pages
..." 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 to. For it is evident,... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 562 pages
...this, I think, I niay be positive in, that the power of abstracting is no* tit 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. For it is evident... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 554 pages
...this, I think, 1 . 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. For it is evident... | |
 | John Locke - 1815 - 454 pages
...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 roan and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to. For it... | |
 | England - 1862 - 822 pages
...before that language is the distinguishing characteristic of man ; it was known also that the having general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes ; but that these two were only different expressions of the same fact was not known till the... | |
 | John Locke - 1819 - 516 pages
...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 to. For it is evident... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 370 pages
...souls of brutes are wholly material ; that they do not possess the power of abstraction ; and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction between men and brutes. Accordingly he supposes that they have no use of words, or any general signs,... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 376 pages
...souls of brutes are wholly material ; that they do not possess the power of abstraction ; and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction between men and brutes. Accordingly he supposes that they have no use of words, or nny general signs,... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - Economics - 1823 - 420 pages
...he, " 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. For it is evident... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 552 pages
...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 to. For it is evident... | |
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