 ... deserves the name of knowledge. If we persuade ourselves that our faculties act and inform us right concerning the existence of those objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence: for I think nobody can, in earnest, be so...  An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Page 201by John Locke - 1805 - 510 pagesFull view - About this book
 | C. J. McCracken, I. C. Tipton - Philosophy - 2000 - 314 pages
...of those objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence: for I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical as to be uncertain...controversy with me, since he can never be sure I say anything contrary to his opinion. As to myself, I think GOD has given me assurance enough of the existence... | |
 | Andrew Bailey - Philosophy - 2002 - 1002 pages
...of those objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence: for I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical as to be uncertain...controversy with me; since he can never be sure I say anything contrary to his own opinion. As to myself, I think God has given me assurance enough of the... | |
 | Michael Huemer - Philosophy - 2002 - 636 pages
...those Objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence: For I think no body can, in earnest, be so sceptical, as to be uncertain...can doubt so far, (whatever he may have with his own Thoughtsl will never have any Controversies with me; since he can never be sure I say any thing contrary... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - Enlightenment - 2003 - 496 pages
...of those objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence: for I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical, as to be uncertain...controversy with me; since he can never be sure I say anything contrary to his opinion. As to myself, I think God has given me assurance enough of the existence... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - History - 2003 - 494 pages
...confidence: for I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical, as to be uncertain ol the existence ol those things which he sees and feels. At least, he that can doubt so lar iwhatever he mav have with his own thoughtsi, will never have any controversy with me; since he... | |
 | Nancy Yousef - History - 2004 - 286 pages
...(Cartesian) skepticism on the commonsensical ground that "no body can, in earnest, be so skeptical, as to be uncertain of the Existence of those Things which he sees and feels" is no sooner ventured than qualified by the concession that "our Faculties [are] suited not to the... | |
 | Laurence W. Wood - Religion - 2005 - 348 pages
...uncertain of the existence of things which he sees and feels. At least, he who can carry his doubts so far will never have any controversy with me, since he can never be certain that I say anything contrary to his opinion."10 Leibniz was the first modern scholar to propose... | |
 | John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1800 - 540 pages
...of those objects that affect them, it cannot pass for an ill-grounded confidence: for I think nobody can, in earnest, be so sceptical as to be uncertain...far (whatever he may have with his own thoughts') \\\A. Tiu\ex Vws» any controversy with me; since he can never be sure I say any thing contrary to... | |
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