 | Thomas A. Spragens - 1990 - عدد الصفحات: 304
...could tell us some important things about what was good and right to do. As he wrote in the Essay, "the candle that is set up in us shines bright enough for all our purposes," shedding light upon "the conveniences of life and the information of virtue."24 On the other hand,... | |
 | Lynn McDonald - 1996 - عدد الصفحات: 412
...positive declaration of what can be known. A servant has no excuse for not working in candlelight: "The Candle that is set up in us shines bright enough for all our purposes" (1:30). Note the modesty of the light analogy, while Augustinian idealists claimed the full brightness... | |
 | Joyce Oldham Appleby - 1996 - عدد الصفحات: 578
...ends for which it was given us, because there are some things that are set out of the reach of it. It will be no excuse to an idle and untoward servant,...this, ought to satisfy us, and we shall then use our understanding right, when we entertain all objects in that way and proportion that they are suited... | |
 | Patricia Kitcher - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 324
...are sufficient for our needs. As he so eloquently expresses himself in the introduction to the Essay, "The candle that is set up in us shines bright enough for our purposes."22 These purposes include, of course, knowledge of God and of our duty; but they also... | |
 | Robin Dix - 2000 - عدد الصفحات: 306
..."heaven's broad sun" to enforce a pragmatic, even penitential, acceptance of human incapacity: "It will be no Excuse to an idle and untoward Servant,...attend his Business by Candle-light, to plead that he has not broad Sun-shine. The Candle, that is set up in us, shines bright enough for all our Purposes"... | |
 | George Joseph Seidel - 2000 - عدد الصفحات: 200
...This may be seen in Locke's Introduction to his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, where he writes: "The Candle that is set up in us shines bright enough for all our purposes." The mere adequacy of the finite human understanding has political implications. It will tend to favor a... | |
 | John Dunn - 2008 - عدد الصفحات: 417
...have good reason to adopt. (Compare John Locke's famous affirmation that 'The candle of the Lord which is set up in us shines bright enough for all our purposes': Locke 1975, 1, i, 5; p. 46; Dunn 1 989(1?).) I doubt myself whether this view can even be expressed... | |
 | Jeremy Waldron - 2002 - عدد الصفحات: 280
...Light enough to lead them to the Knowledge of their Maker, and the sight of their own Duties ... It will be no Excuse to an idle and untoward Servant,...is set up in us, shines bright enough for all our Purposes.7" "[T]hey have Light enough to lead them to the Knowledge of their Maker." The implicit reference... | |
 | Mary Midgley - 2002 - عدد الصفحات: 228
...one which will give any sense to the notion of 'farce'. 11 SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION AND HUMAN TRANSIENCE The candle that is set up in us shines bright enough for all our purposes. John Locke LIVING WITH A CRIPPLED INTELLECT It is not surprising, however, that Monod's story has had... | |
 | Peter R. Anstey - 2003 - عدد الصفحات: 232
...ends for which it was given us, because there are some Things that are set out of the reach of it. It will be no Excuse to an idle and untoward Servant,...in us, shines bright enough for all our Purposes. (Essay I. i. 5, pp. 45-6) Locke may stop short of actually calling the candle dim, but the implication... | |
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It will be no excuse to an idle and untoward servant, who would not attend his business by candlelight, to plead that he had not broad sunshine. The candle that is set up in us, shines bright enough for all our purposes. 
