 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
 | Maria Edgeworth - Children - 1836 - 394 pages
...reasoning closely and in 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... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - Women - 1836 - 610 pages
...necessary that all should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning which that study brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge as they have occasion. " The same writer observes, in another part of his " Essay on the Human Understanding,"... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Brothers and sisters - 1837 - 356 pages
...reasoning closely and in 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." he says something about the way in which young scholars think and feel when first they begin mathematics.... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - Women - 1840 - 544 pages
...that all should be deep mathematicians, but that, having got the way of reasoning which that study brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they have occasion." The same writer observes, in another part of his ' Essay on the Human Understanding,'... | |
 | John Locke - 1844 - 272 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...single argument should be managed as a mathematical demon- ' stration, the connection and dependance of ; ideas should be followed till the mind is brought... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Education - 1851 - 348 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...to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they have occasion."—Locke on the Human Understanding. To the scholar and lover of knowledge, the sciences... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Education - 1851 - 340 pages
...that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way ol reasoning, which that study necessarily brings the...to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they have occasion."— Locke on the Human Understanding. To the scholar and lover of knowledge, the sciences... | |
 | Horae - 1851 - 414 pages
...fhould be deep mathematicians ; but that having got the way of reafoning, which that ftudy neceflarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge as they have occafion. — LOCKE. Matter of Prayer. IUR firft enquiry muft be, the matter of our Prayers ;... | |
 | Edward Butt - 1852 - 680 pages
...necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning which tliat study necessarily brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of human knowledge, as they may have occasion — Locke. 2G3 POWER OF PRAYER. Prayer is a creature's strength,... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - Education - 1852 - 848 pages
...habit of reasouiiig closely, and in train, is to exercise ourselves in mathematical demonstrations ; 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.' This, however,... | |
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