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" 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 comprehension ; to stop when it is at the Utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which,... "
A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... - Page 366
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Kant's Theory of Knowledge

Harold Arthur Prichard - Knowledge, Theory of - 1909 - 386 pages
...of use to prevail 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 things, which, upon examination, are found to bo beyond the reach of our...
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The New International Encyclopæeia, Volume 12

Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1909 - 926 pages
...make the mind of man "more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, and disposed to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether." He institutes a preliminary inquiry in the first book as to the existence of innate ideas, theoretical...
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The Philosophy of the Enlightenment

John Grier Hibben - Enlightenment - 1910 - 334 pages
...be of use to prevail 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 things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our...
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Der Gottesbegriff Lockes und Berkeleys ...

Richard Sporbert - God - 1910 - 94 pages
...of use to prevail 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 things, which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our...
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The Concept of Method, Issue 34

Gerhard Richard Lomer - Education - 1910 - 108 pages
...of use to prevail 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 things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities."...
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The Concept of Method, Issue 34

Gerhard Richard Lomer - Education - 1910 - 106 pages
...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." It was this same task that Kant set himself to do, and he carried his investigation much further and much...
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Idealistic Beginnings in England

John Pickett Turner - Idealism - 1910 - 148 pages
...of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to b» more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether; to sit down in quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be beyond the...
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History of Biology

Louis Compton Miall - Biology - 1911 - 166 pages
...have no consciousness. Into speculations like these we shall not venture, being content, like Locke, " to sit down in quiet ignorance of those things which upon examination are proved to be beyond the reach of our capacities." We shall merely note here and there facts ascertained...
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Foundations: A Statement of Christian Belief in Terms of Modern Thought

Burnett Hillman Streeter - Religion - 1912 - 560 pages
...hopes " to prevail 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 things which upon examination are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities."...
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Kant and Spencer: A Critical Exposition

Borden Parker Bowne - 1912 - 464 pages
...be of use to prevail 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 in a quiet ignorance of those things which upon examination are found to be beyond the reach of our...
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