 | John Locke - Philosophy - 1722 - 640 pages
...fomctimcs the Mind perceives the Agreement or Difagreement of two Ideas immediately by thcmfelves, without the intervention of any other : and this, I think, we may call intuitive Kno-wledg. For in this, the Mind is at no pains of proving or examining, but perceives the Truth, as... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1814 - 560 pages
...that his notions concerning them were not sufficiently precise and settled. " When the mind (says he) perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas...themselves, without the intervention of any other, its knowledge may be called intuitive. When it cannot so bring its ideas together, as, by their immediate... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Logic - 1814 - 582 pages
...his notions concerning them were not sufficiently precise and settled. " When " the mind (says he) perceives the agreement or disagreement " of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the inter" vention of any other, its knowledge may be called intuitive. " When it cannot so bring its ideas... | |
 | John Locke - 1816 - 1048 pages
...knowledge is much more imperfect than intuitive, as we shall see in the following chapter. C II A P. II. Of the Degrees of our Knowledge. $. 1. ALL our...intervention of any other : and this, I think, we maycall intuitiveknowledge. For in this the mind is at no pains of proving or examining, but perceives... | |
 | John Locke - 1819 - 468 pages
...reflect on our own ways of thinking, we shall find that sometimes the mind perceives the agreeement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention of any other: and this, 1 think, we may call intuitive knowledge. For in this the mind is at no pains of proving or examining,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Human information processing - 1822 - 572 pages
...sufficiently precise and settled. " When the mind (says he) perceives the agreement or disagree" ment of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention " of any other, its knowledge may be called intuitive. When it cannot " so bring its ideas together as, by their immediate... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1823 - 672 pages
...way of perception the mind has of the agreement or disagreement of any of its ideas. For if we will reflect on our own ways of thinking, we shall find,...intuitive knowledge. For in this, the mind is at no pains in proving or examining, but perceives the truth, as the eye doth light, only by being directed towards... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 862 pages
...other body. INTRODUCTION, in Oratory. See ORATORY, № 26. INTUITION, among logicians, the act whereby the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of...themselves, without the intervention of any other ; in which case the mind perceives the truth a* the eye does the light, only by being directed towards... | |
 | Richard Harrison Black - English language - 1825 - 372 pages
...such a manner as to obtain its privileges without sharing its burdens. In-tuition (1). The act whereby the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of...themselves, without the intervention of any other : in which the mind perceives the truth, as the eye doth the light, only by being directed to it. Thus... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1828 - 602 pages
...way of perception the mind has of the agreement or disagreement of any of its ideas. For if we will reflect on our own ways of thinking, we shall find,...intuitive knowledge. For in this, the mind is at no pains in proving or examining, but perceives the truth, as the eye, doth light, only by being directed towards... | |
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For if we reflect on our own ways of thinking, we shall find that sometimes the mind perceives the agreement or disagreement of two ideas immediately by themselves, without the intervention of any other : and this, I think, we may call intuitive knowledge. 
