 We have the ideas of matter and thinking, but possibly shall never be able to know whether any mere material being thinks or no;* it being impossible for us, by the contemplation of our own ideas, without revelation, to discover whether Omnipotency has...  The Works of John Locke, Esq - Page 251by John Locke - 1722Full view - About this book
 | Andrew Baxter - Philosophy - 1745 - 446 pages
...3. feet. 6. in the Note at thefe words, We have the ideas of matter and thinking, but pofJibly Jhall never be able to know, whether any mere material being thinks, or not; it being impojjible for us, by the contemplation of our own ideas, without revelation, to difcover... | |
 | Jean-Baptiste de Boyer Argens (marquis d') - Antisemitism - 1766 - 390 pages
...Effence of the human Soul. " We have, " fays he, the Ideas of Matter and Thinking, but " poffibly fhall never be able to know whether any •*' mere material Being thinks or no, it being im" poflible for us, by the Contemplation of our own " Ideas, without Revelation, to difcover whether... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Metaphysics - 1776 - 410 pages
...to know certainly that it *' is fo. We have the ideas of matter and think" ing ; but pofilbly fhall never be able to know " whether any mere material being thinks or no." In like manner, and far more ftrongly, it may be PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS. 357 faid, that, fuppofing us... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Philosophy - 1777 - 424 pages
...together his moft ftriking arguments : " We have ideas of matter and thinking, but poffibly " fhall never be able to know whether any mere material " being thinks or no; it being impoflible for us, by the " contemplation of our own ideas, Without revelation, to " difcover whether... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - First philosophy - 1782 - 458 pages
...able to know whether any mere material " being thinks or no ; it being impofnble for us, by the tv contemplation of our own ideas, without revelation,...difcover whether omnipotency has not given to fome " fyftems of matter, fitly difpofed, a power to perceive and " think ; or elfe joined and fixed to... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1796 - 554 pages
...fquare, a circle, and equality; and yet, perhaps, (hall never be able to find a circle equal to a fquare, and certainly know that it is fo. We have the ideas...whether any mere material being thinks, or no ; it being im— * Againft that aflertion of Mr. Locke, that poflibly we (hall never be able to know Whether arty... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1801 - 334 pages
...poflibly fhall never be able to know, whether any mere material being thinks, or no ; it being irupoffible for us, by the contemplation of our own ideas, without...difcover, whether Omnipotency has not given to fome fyftems of matter fitly difpofed, a power to perceive and think, or elfe joined and fixed to matter... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1801 - 986 pages
...fquare, and certainly know that it is fo. We have the ideas of matter and thinking, but poflibly (hall never be able to know, whether any mere material being thinks, or no ; it being impoflible fo* us, by the contemplation of our own ideas, without revelation, to difcover, whether... | |
 | John Locke - 1801 - 398 pages
...material being thinks, or no; it being ha* Against that assertion of Mr. Locke, that possibly we shall never be able to know whether any mere material being thinks or no, &c. the bishop of Worcester argues thus : if this be true, then, for all that we can know by our ideas... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 508 pages
...material being thinks, or no; it being im* Against that assertion of Mr. Locke, that possibly we shall never be able to know whether any mere material being thinks or no, &c. the bishop ot 'Worcester argues thus : if this be true, then, for all that we can know by our ideas... | |
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