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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

By: John Locke

...re, there was one alteration which it was neces- sary to mention, because it ran through the whole book, and is of consequence to be rightly understoo... ...d to at first hearing, as that “one and two are equal to three,” that “green is not red,” &c., are received as the consequences of those more universa... ...ot but be known before? Or doth the proposing them print them clearer in the mind than nature did? If so, then the consequence will be, that a man kno... ...because it carries something more of positive in it than impenetrability; which is negative, and is perhaps more a consequence of solidity, than solid... ...o take notice, that this is one of the operations that the mind may reflect on and observe in itself It is of that consequence to its other knowledge,... ... mode of the organs of speech. 12. This art has perplexed religion and justice. Nor hath this mischief stopped in logical niceties, or curious empty ...

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