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Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and ... - Page 114
1881
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Dissertation exhibiting a general view of the ...

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 510 pages
...prevail with the busy mind of man to be 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...
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Dissertation exhibiting a general view of the ...

Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 518 pages
...prevail with the busy mind of man to be 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...
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Oeuvres philosophiques de Descartes: publiées d'après les textes ..., Volume 3

René Descartes - Philosophy - 1835 - 508 pages
...with the busy mind of man to be more « cautious in meddling with things exceeding ils 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...
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Œuvres philosophiques de Descartes, pub. d'après les textes ..., Volume 3

René Descartes - 1835 - 508 pages
...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...
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Essays on History, Philosophy, and Theology, Volume 2

Robert Vaughan - Christianity - 1849 - 338 pages
...busy mind of ' man to be more cautious in meddling with the things ' which exceed its comprehension, to stop when it is at ' the utmost extent of its tether, and sit down in a quiet ' ignorance of those things which upon examination are ' found to be beyond...
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An essay concerning human understanding. With the notes and illustr. of the ...

John Locke - 1849 - 588 pages
...with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with tilings 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...
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Thoughts on the conduct of the understanding

Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...prevail with the busy mind of man to be 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 quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be above the...
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The New quarterly review, and digest of current literature, Volume 7

1858 - 422 pages
...with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its compreliension, 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...
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Course of the history of modern philosophy, tr. by O.W. Wight, Volume 2

Claude Henri Victor Cousin - 1852 - 464 pages
...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...
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Course of the History of Modern Philosophy, Volume 1

Victor Cousin - Philosophy - 1853 - 444 pages
...of philosophy, and, at the same time, of encouraging useful investigations. ing 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...
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