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" I think, is a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places... "
The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J. Ferguson - Page 49
by British essayists - 1819
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The Moral Law: Or, The Theory and Practice of Duty; an Ethical Text-book

Edward John Hamilton - Ethics - 1902 - 492 pages
...nature (rationalis natures individua substantia). Mr. Locke, also, says admirably, " Person stands for a thinking, intelligent being that has reason and reflection and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking being in different times and places." ( ESSAY, II., 27, Section 9.) This conception...
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Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding: Books II and IV (with ..., Book 2

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1905 - 382 pages
...wherein personal identity consists, we must consider what " person " stands for ; which I think, is a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places; which it does only by that consciousness which...
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Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding: Books II and IV (with Omissions)

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1905 - 424 pages
...wherein personal identity consists, we must consider what " person " stands for; which I think, is a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places; which it does only by that consciousness which...
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The Philosophical Review, Volume 17

Jacob Gould Schurman, James Edwin Creighton, Frank Thilly, Gustavus Watts Cunningham - Electronic journals - 1908 - 734 pages
...This suggests what Locke unequivocally teaches, the identity of the self. He describes the self as " a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places." 3 He emphasizes, also, the individuality,...
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History and Exposition of the Twenty-five Articles of Religion of the ...

Henry Wheeler - 1908 - 418 pages
...with the other persons of the Godhead, he must, like the Father and the Son, be a person. "A person is a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider 1 Commentary, in loco. itself as itself the same thinking thing in different times and places."1 The...
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The Treatment of Personality by Locke, Berkeley and Hume: A Study ..., Volume 1

Jay William Hudson - Philosophy - 1911 - 150 pages
...same person. Now, what does Locke mean by a "person" if not the "immaterial spirit?" He says he means "a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places" (II, xxvii, §11). How does this being "consider...
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The University of Missouri Studies: Philosophy and ..., Volume 1, Issue 1

University of Missouri - Philosophy - 1911 - 130 pages
...same person. Now, what does Locke mean by a "person" if not the "immaterial spirit?" He says he means "a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing, in different times and places" (II, xxvii, § n). How does this being "consider...
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Essays and Verses: A Souvenir

John Harrington Edwards - American essays - 1912 - 128 pages
...furnishes the content of personality. Take the standard definition of Locke, that "person" stands for "a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking being in different times and places." This is comprehensive, but lacks the motive...
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Ontology: Or, The Theory of Being; an Introduction to General Metaphysics

Peter Coffey - Metaphysics - 1914 - 472 pages
...find wherein personal identity consists, we must consider what person stands for ; which, I think, is a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing in different times and places ; which it does only by that consciousness which...
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Ontology: Or, The Theory of Being; an Introduction to General Metaphysics

Peter Coffey - Metaphysics - 1914 - 460 pages
...find wherein personal identity consists, we must consider what person stands for ; which, I think, is a thinking, intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing in different times and places ; which it does only by that consciousness which...
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