 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 246by Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1876 - 506 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alan Levine - Philosophy - 2001 - 356 pages
...Understanding: 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... | |
 | J. Judd Owen - History - 2001 - 236 pages
...meeting with some friends. They were, Locke says, "discoursing on a Subject very remote from this, [and] found themselves quickly at a stand, by the Difficulties that rose on every side. After we had puzzled our selves, without coming any nearer a Resolution of those Doubts which perplexed us, it came... | |
 | Peter R. Anstey - Philosophy, British - 2003 - 232 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', 'Epistle to the reader', Essay, p. 7. 2 The most detailed defence of the reconcilability thesis is... | |
 | Nicholas Wolterstorff - Education - 2004 - 336 pages
...religion. The discussants, says Locke, "found themselves quickly at a stand by the difficulties that arose on every side. After we had awhile puzzled ourselves,...of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thought that we took a wrong course, and that hefore we set ourselves upon enquiries of that nature... | |
 | Lex Newman - Philosophy - 2007 - 18 pages
...Meeting at my chamber, and discoursing on a subject very remote from this [ie, human understanding], 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... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Philosophy - 1854 - 660 pages
...— " 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,... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1800 - 540 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,... | |
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