 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...  History of the Problems of Philosophy - الصفحة 204بواسطة Paul Janet, Gabriel Séailles - 1902عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | English literature - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 536
...material being think or no,' &ic. the bishop of Worcester argues thus : ' If this be possibly shall never be able to know whether any mere material being thinks...us, by the contemplation of our own ideas, without true, then, for all that we can know by our ideas of matter and thinking, matter may have a power of... | |
 | John Locke - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 458
...material being think or no,' &c. the bishop of Worcester argues thus : ' If this be possibly shall never be able to know whether any mere material being thinks...us, by the contemplation of our own ideas, without true, then, for all that we can know by our ideas of matter and thinking, matter may have a power of... | |
 | Edward Hare - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...will scarce find his reason able to determine him fixedly for or against the soul's immateriality : it being impossible for us, by the contemplation of...own ideas, without revelation, to discover whether omnipotence has not given to some systems of matter, fitly disposed, a power to perceive and think."... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 336
...Locke says, (vol. ii. p. 140,) « We have the ideas of matter and thinking, but possibly shall never be able to know, whether any mere material being thinks or no," I am rather at a loss to discover his meaning. — If Mr. Locke means, that finite comprehension cannot... | |
 | John Locke - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 590
...letter to the Bishop of Worcester. to know, whether any mere material being thinks or not ; it bei impossible for us, by the contemplation of our own...discover, whether Omnipotency has not given to some my sense is a spirit. Against this your lordship will argue, that, by what I have said of the possibility... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 550
...to know certainly that it is so. We have the ideas of matter and thinking, but possibly shall never be able to know whether any mere material being thinks or no." In like manner, and far more strongly, it may be said, that supposing us to have ideas of divine wisdom,... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 540
...to know certainly that it is so. We have the ideas of matter and thinking, but possibly shall never be able to know whether any mere material being thinks or no." In like manner, and far more strongly, it may be said, that supposing us to have ideas of divine wisdom,... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 546
...to know certainly that it is so. We have the ideas of matter and thinking, but possibly shall never be able to know whether any mere material being thinks or no." In like manner, and far more strongly, it may be said, that supposing us to have ideas of divine wisdom,... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 588
...and certainly know that it is so. We have the ideas of matter and thinking, but possibly shall never be able to know whether any mere material being thinks...disposed, a power to perceive and think, or else joined and fixed to matter, so disposed, a thinking immaterial substance : it being, in respect of our notions,... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 588
...and certainly know that it is so. We have the ideas of matter and thinking, but possibly shall never be able to know whether any mere material being thinks...disposed, a power to perceive and think, or else joined and fixed to matter, so disposed, a thinking immaterial substance : it being, in respect of our notions,... | |
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