Were it fit to trouble thee with the history of this Essay, I should tell thee, that five or six friends meeting at my chamber, and discoursing on a subject very remote from this, found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every... The Life of John Locke - Page 248by Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1876 - 506 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1904 - 22 pages
...remote from criticism of human intelligence, found themselves at a stand by difficulties that arose on every side. ' After we had awhile puzzled ourselves without coming any nearer a solution of our doubts, it came into my thoughts,' he says, ' that we took a wrong course ; and that... | |
| Alfred William Benn - Philosophy, English - 1906 - 532 pages
...told us who were his friends, nor where they met, nor what was the puzzling question that left them ' quickly at a stand by the difficulties that rose on every side.' But all becomes clear if we assume that the puzzle was of theological origin, and that the solution... | |
| Hiram Van Kirk - 1907 - 152 pages
...that five or six friends meeting at my chamber and discoursing on a subject -very remote from this, found themselves quickly at a stand by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us,... | |
| Samuel Alexander - Philosophy - 1908 - 116 pages
...six friends,' he says, ' meeting at my chamber, and discoursing on a subject very remote from this, found themselves quickly at a stand by the difficulties...After we had awhile puzzled ourselves without coming nearer resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts that we took a wrong... | |
| John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1924 - 438 pages
...that five or six friends meeting at my chamber, and discoursing on a subject very remote from this, found themselves quickly at a stand by the difficulties that rose on every side.1 After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts... | |
| Joseph Peterson - Education - 1925 - 362 pages
...a subject very remote from this, found themselves quickly at a stand by the difficulties that arose on every side. After we had awhile puzzled ourselves...resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came to my thoughts, that we took a wrong course ; and that, before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that... | |
| John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1928 - 436 pages
...that five or six friends meeting at my chamber, and discoursing on a subject very remote from this, found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us,... | |
| Thomas Reid, William Hamilton, Harry M. Bracken, Thomas Reid, Sir William Hamilton - Knowledge, Theory of - 1094 pages
...six friends," says he, " meeting at my chamber, and discoursing on a subject very remote from this, found themselves quickly at a stand by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had for a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer to a resolution of those doubts that perplexed... | |
| Julia Annas, Jonathan Barnes - Philosophy - 1985 - 220 pages
...follows: Five or six Friends meeting at my Chamber, and discoursing on a subject very remote from this, found themselves quickly at a stand, by the Difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled our selves, without coming any nearer a Resolution of those Doubts which perplexed... | |
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