 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1796 - 554 pages
...Reading furftifties the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the •ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourfelvw with a great lead of collections; unlefs we chew them over again, tlwy will not give us ftrength... | |
 | J. JOHNSON - 1801 - 374 pages
...Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough...ourselves with a great load of collections ; unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. They are, indeed, in some writers... | |
 | John Locke - 1801 - 168 pages
...materials of knowledge, k is thinking jnakes what we read ours. We are of a ruminating •kind, «nd it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections; unless we chew them over •again, they will Hot give us strength and nourish:* ifnettt. There are indeed in... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1801 - 986 pages
...Reading furniJhes the mind only with materials of knowledge ; it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourfelves with a great load of collections; unlefs we chew them over again, they $ 20. Reading. ^ 252... | |
 | John Locke - 1801 - 950 pages
...Reading furnifhes the mind only with materials of knowledge ; it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram onrfelves with a great load of collections ; unlefs we chew tliem over again, thejr ^6^ Of the ConduR... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1802 - 184 pages
...Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking makes what ' wereadoursy We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough...ourselves with a great load of collections; unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. There are indeed in some writers... | |
 | John Locke - 1802 - 308 pages
...Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking iniikes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough...ourselves with a great load of collections ; unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. There are indeed in some writers... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 520 pages
...Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough...ourselves with a great load of collections ; unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourislw meut. There are, indeed, in some... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 508 pages
...materials of knowledge, it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kinfl, and: it1 is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections; unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength and nourishment. There are, indeed, in some writers... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 288 pages
...Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge ; it is thinking makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough...ourselves with a great load of collections; unless we chew them over again, they will not give us strength, and nourishment. There are indeed in some writers... | |
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THIS is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in. Those who have read of everything are thought to understand everything too ; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge : it is thinking makes... 
