 | John Locke - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 722
...with the busy mind of man to be more cau/ tious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether,...beyond the reach of our capacities. We should not then, perh ips, be so forward, out of an affectation of an universal knowledge, to raise questions, and perplex... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 230
...with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension : to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are proved to be beyond the reach of our capacities.... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1879 - عدد الصفحات: 358
...knowledge is one of Locke's favourite topics. He bids us stop when we are at the end of our tether, and sit down, in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to bo beyond the reach of our capacities. " We shall not have much reason to complain of the narrowness... | |
 | Jeremiah Lewis Diman - 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it was at the utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in quiet ignorance of those things which upon examination...the reach of our capacities." "We should not then," he says, " be so forward, out of an affectation of universal knowledge, to raise questions and perplex... | |
 | 1881 - عدد الصفحات: 892
...make the mind of man "more cautious in meddling with tiling exceeding its comprehension, and disposed to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether. " This purpose led him to that thorough investigation of the constitution of the human mind, resulting... | |
 | John Stahl Patterson - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 526
...subjects which will yield a better return for the labor expended. Locke very wisely recommends that we "sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which...are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities." Still, from education and habit, rather than from necessary constitution, the mind inclines to find... | |
 | 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 836
...with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension : to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are proved to be beyond the reach of our capacities.... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 372
...with the busy " mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with "things exceeding its comprehension; to stop when " it is at the utmost extent of its tether...ignorance of those things which, "upon examination, are proved to be beyond the "reach of our capacities." "The candle that is set " up in us, shines bright... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 366
...the busy " mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with " things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when " it is at the utmost extent of its tether;...'' down in a quiet ignorance of those things which, " r.pon examination, are proved to be beyond the " reach of our capacities." " The candle that is set... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1889 - عدد الصفحات: 604
...with the busy spirit of man, to be more cautious, in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether, and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of things which upon examination are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities. We should not then,... | |
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I can discover the powers thereof, how far they reach, to what things they are in any degree proportionate, and where they fail us, I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its... 
