 ... the dominion of man in this little world of his own understanding, being much-what the same as it is in the great world, of visible things, wherein his power, however managed by art and skill, reaches no farther than to compound and divide the materials...  The Life of John Locke - Page 113by Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Ian Harris - History - 1998 - 460 pages
...this parallel. For the dominion of man in this little world of his owne understanding being much what the same as it is in the great world of visible things, wherein his power however managd by art & skill reaches noe farther then to compound & divide the materialls that are made to... | |
 | Gopal Sreenivasan - Philosophy - 1995 - 173 pages
...created.' 37. Cf. Tully, DP, p. 42. The Dominion of Man ... in the great World of visible things . . . however managed by Art and Skill, reaches no farther,...the least Particle of new Matter, or destroying one Atome of what is already in Being. (II.ii.2) Man, that is, cannot create. Nevertheless, Locke does... | |
 | John W. N. Watkins - Philosophy - 1999 - 374 pages
...the same as it is in the great world of visible things, wherein his power . . . reaches no further than to compound and divide the materials that are...or destroying one atom of what is already in being. The same inability will every one find in himself, who shall go about to fashion in his understanding... | |
 | John W. N. Watkins - Philosophy - 1999 - 372 pages
...simple idea. . . . The dominion of man in this little world of his own understanding, being much-what the same as it is in the great world of visible things, wherein his power . . . reaches no further than to compound and divide the materials that are made to his hand, but can... | |
 | A. John Simmons - Law - 2001 - 294 pages
...There Locke claims: The dominion of man, in this little world of his own understanding, being muchwhat the same as it is in the great world of visible things;...matter, or destroying one atom of what is already in being."13 Now this passage could, I suppose, be read to say (or at least to imply) that man's dominion,... | |
 | Michael Losonsky - History - 2001 - 252 pages
...Dominion of Man, in this little World of his own Understanding, being muchwhat the same, as it is in the world of visible things; wherein his Power, however...divide, the Materials, that are made to his Hand. (E 2.2.2) Locke is fond of this comparison, and it underlies his frequent use of the words "work" and... | |
 | Saree Makdisi - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 422 pages
...creative power, "The Dominion of Man, in this little World of his own Understanding, being muchwhat the same, as it is in the great World of visible things,...the least Particle of new Matter, or destroying one Atome of what is already in Being."66 Here, Locke's understanding of religious and political potential... | |
 | Lior Zemer - Philosophy - 2007 - 304 pages
...something ex nihilo. As Locke asserts: 'The Dominion of Man... in the great World of visible things... however managed by Art and Skill, reaches no farther,...destroying one Atom of what is already in being. 'l% Indeed, '[n]owhere does Locke say or imply that labor grounds property because by our labor we make... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1800 - 540 pages
...28. sect. 18. ф В. 2. в. 1. sect. 5. § В. 2. с. 7. sect. 10. [ В. 2. с. 21. sect 73. вате as it is in the great world of visible things ; wherein...compound and divide the materials that are made to liia hand ; but can do nothing towards the making the least particle of new matter, or destroying one... | |
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