 | Joyce Oldham Appleby - 1996 - عدد الصفحات: 578
...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,-...then, perhaps, be so forward, out of an affectation of a universal knowledge, to raise questions, and perplex ourselves and others with disputes about things... | |
 | Nicholas Wolterstorff - 1996 - عدد الصفحات: 276
...concerning the scope of knowledge. His own reaction was different. Contentment is the appropriate response: "to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which, upon examination, are found to be beyond reach of our capacities," to "learn to content ourselves with what is attainable by us in this state"... | |
 | Y. Masih - 1999 - عدد الصفحات: 606
...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 a quite ignorance of those things, which, upon examination, are found to be beyond reach of our capacities."... | |
 | Beat Affentranger - 2000 - عدد الصفحات: 194
...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 a quiet ignorance of those which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities If we can find out how... | |
 | Beat Affentranger - 2000 - عدد الصفحات: 194
...to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities If we can find out how far the understanding can extend its view; how far it has faculties to attain... | |
 | Roy Sorensen - 2001 - عدد الصفحات: 214
...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 found to be beyond the reach of our capacities.... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 2002 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...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 dowa in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach... | |
 | Asa Mahan - 2003 - عدد الصفحات: 494
...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;...upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of its capacities. We should not then perhaps be so forward, vaunt of an affectation of a universal knowledge,... | |
 | Richard Bauman, Charles L. Briggs - 2003 - عدد الصفحات: 378
...and sharply delimited meanings had best not be said at all. Locke hoped to prevail upon his readers "to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things...are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities" (ibid.). These metadiscursive controls thus provided a basis for what could be thought, discussed,... | |
 | Kim Ian Parker, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion - 2004 - عدد الصفحات: 217
...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;...are found to be beyond the reach of our Capacities" (1.1.4; see also 1.1.6; 4.14.2; and the discussion above). Far from standing as a manifesto for scientific... | |
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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... 
