 I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train ; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that, having got the way of reasoning which that study necessarily brings...  An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Page 339by John Locke - 1805 - 510 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 802 pages
...circumllances, to make liable to any thing. — Having got the way of reafoning, which that ftudy neceffarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they mall have occafion. Locke The queftion for bringing the king to juftice was immediately pit, and carried... | |
 | Richard Kirwan - Logic - 1807 - 346 pages
...that " having got the way of reafoning which that " ftudy neceflarily brings the mind to, they may " be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge " as they fhall have occafion." This, however, is an egregious miftake ; the mode of reafoning of mathematicians... | |
 | John Locke - 1812 - 178 pages
...closely and in train; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings the Blind 'to, they might be able to transfer it to . other parts of knowledge as they shall have occasion.... | |
 | William Duncan - Logic - 1814 - 276 pages
...but that, having got the way of reasoning which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they maybe able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as...dependence of ideas should be followed, till the mind is Drought to the source on which it bottoms, and can trace the coherence through the whole train of proofs.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 782 pages
...ftateorcircumltances, to make liable to any thing. — Having got the way of reafoning, which that ftudy neceffarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they fhall have occaflon. Locke. — The queftion for bringing the king to juftice was immediately put,... | |
 | John Locke - 1819 - 468 pages
...closely and in train; not that I think it necessary that "all men should be deep mathematicians, but that, having got the way of reasoning, which that...mind is brought to the source on which it bottoms, arid observes the coherence all along, though in proofs of probability one such train is not enough... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...familiarity with them. Not that we look upon it as necessary that all men shouU be deep mathematicians ; but that, having got the way of reasoning which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they may be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they shall have occasion. IX. lîut although... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1823 - 202 pages
...necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning, w hich that study necessarily brings the mind to, they might...should be managed as a mathematical demonstration, the connection and dependance of ideas should be followed till the mind is brought to the source on which... | |
 | John Locke - Coinage - 1824 - 530 pages
...closely and in train ; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that, having got the way of reasoning, which that...occasion. .For, in all sorts of reasoning, every single ar- \ gument should be managed as a mathematical demon- /( stration : the connexion and dependence... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1825 - 682 pages
...reasoning closely and hi train ; not that I think it necessary that all men should be mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning, which that study...able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge." t " He that has to do with young scholars, especially in mathematics, may perceive how their minds... | |
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