 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1914 - 344 pages
...use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding his comprehension : to stop when it is at the utmost extent...ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are proved to be beyond the reach of our capacities. We should not then, perhaps, be so forward, out of... | |
 | Francis La Mar Janney - Children in art - 1925 - 154 pages
...exceeding its comprehension; to stop when it is at its 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. ... If we can find out how far the understanding can extend its view, how far it has faculties to attain... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1926 - 890 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... | |
 | John Locke - Philosophers - 1928 - 436 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... | |
 | David Hume, Eric Steinberg - Philosophy - 1993 - 170 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 capacities."]... | |
 | Lynn McDonald - Philosophy - 1996 - 412 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... | |
 | Tom Sorell - Philosophy - 1993 - 372 pages
...scholastic ideal of absolutely certain knowledge. We must, rather, as Locke admonishes, 'sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination,...are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities', and above all refrain from demanding 'certainty, where probability only is to be had'. sl 'Healthy... | |
 | Michael Martin, Lee C. McIntyre - History - 1994 - 818 pages
...exceeding its Comprehension; to stop, when it is at the utmost 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." At the same time, he was convinced that the powers of our understanding are sufficient for our needs... | |
 | Joyce Oldham Appleby - Knowledge, Sociology of - 1996 - 578 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... | |
 | Nicholas Wolterstorff - Philosophy - 1996 - 276 pages
...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"... | |
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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,... 
