...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"...

...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." (Essay-1, 1,2,4) 8.02. Kant's Problem and its Solution Like other moderners,...

...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...

...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. (Locke 1690: i. 28) Showing that a debated statement is borderline is a standard technique of dissolving...

...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 of our capacities." And because a philosopher, having placed before himself an undertaking of this magnitude, and of this,...

...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,...

...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...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,...

...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...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...

...great danger of believing falsehoods and falling prey to fanaticism if we do not learn to "sit down in quiet ignorance of those things, which, upon examination,...are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities" (E I.1.4, 45) • Neither would Locke have us reject any belief unless we can prove it by natural reason...

...probability only is to be had'. On Locke's involvement in the emergence of probability, see o JJ >' of those things, which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities', rather than arrogantly and noisily 'be so forward, out of an affection for universal knowledge' to...