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" ... well he knows that it is long enough to reach the bottom at such places as are necessary to direct his voyage, and caution him against running upon shoals that may ruin him. Our business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our... "
The Life of John Locke - Page 105
by Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1876
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Geschichte und geist des skepticismus vorzúglich in rúcksicht auf ..., Volume 1

Carl Friedrich Stäudlin - Skepticism - 1794 - 590 pages
...necefcary to direft his voyage and caution him a«ahst runnmg upon shoals that may ruin him. Our businefir here is not to know all things, but those, which concern our condua If we can find out those measures , whereby a rational creature, put in that «ate which «nan...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 1

David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1804 - 694 pages
...cannot with it fathom the depths of the ocean. 'Tis well he knqws that it is long enough to reach the bottom, at such places as are necessary to direct...him against running upon shoals that may ruin him, Locke. *** The shortness of the course compels the lecturer to treat some particular subjects at greater...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 1

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1804 - 692 pages
...he knows that it is long enough to reach the bottom, at such places as are neceslary to direct bis -voyage, and caution him against running upon shoals that may ruin him. Locke. *** The shortness of the course STORY OF CECILIA. THE passion of love, is sup. posed to exert...
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An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now added, i. Analysis ...

John Locke - 1816 - 1048 pages
...with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the bottom, at such places as are necessary to direct...voyage, and caution him against running upon shoals that muy ruin him. Our business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct. If...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 26

English literature - 1822 - 582 pages
...Locke directed his thoughts. ' Our business,' this last tells us in the Introduction to his Essay, ' is not to know all things, but those which concern...we can find out those measures whereby a rational nature, put in the state in which man is in this world, may and ought to govern his opinions and actions...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - Intellect - 1823 - 672 pages
...with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows that it is long enough to reach the bottom, at such places as are necessary to direct...measures whereby a rational creature, put in that state which man is in, in this world, may and ought to govern his opinions and actions depending thereon,...
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The Works of John Locke, Volume 1

John Locke - Philosophy - 1823 - 380 pages
...with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the bottom, at such places as are necessary to direct...him against running upon shoals that may ruin him. f Our business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct, i If we can find...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1824 - 702 pages
...with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the bottom, at such places as are necessary to direct...which man is in this world, may, and ought to govern ha opinions, and actions depending thereon, we need not to be troubled that some other things escape...
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Preface by the editor. Life of the author. Analysis of Mr. Locke's doctrine ...

John Locke - Coinage - 1824 - 606 pages
...with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the bottom, at such places as are necessary to direct...all things, "\ but those which concern our conduct. It' we can find i out those measures, whereby a rational creature, put in that state in which man is...
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Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 1

Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1824 - 468 pages
...with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the bottom, at such places as are necessary to direct...him against running upon shoals that may ruin him. — This was that which gave the first rise to this essay concerning the understanding. For I thought,...
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