"In the meantime there can be but two ways of knowing that Veracity is a Perfection, either it is an innate Principle, originally Imprinted on the Mind, (which I shall not endeavour to confute, Mr. Lock having done it sufficiently, nor is it needful to my Purpose)."
— Trotter, Catherine, later Cockburn, (1674?-1749)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Will Turner and John Nutt
Date
1702
Metaphor
"In the meantime there can be but two ways of knowing that Veracity is a Perfection, either it is an innate Principle, originally Imprinted on the Mind, (which I shall not endeavour to confute, Mr. Lock having done it sufficiently, nor is it needful to my Purpose)."
Metaphor in Context
In the meantime there can be but two ways of knowing that Veracity is a Perfection, either it is an innate Principle, originally Imprinted on the Mind, (which I shall not endeavour to confute, Mr. Lock having done it sufficiently, nor is it needful to my Purpose). Let that be the Remarker's Way of Knowledge if he pleases,) since he must no less rely upon the Truth of his Faculties, in that way than any other, (it being impossible for God himself to make any Impression on us without giving us a Faculty whereby to receive it.) But let us see whether it is discoverable in the other way, which must be Mr Lock's of Sensation and Reflection. […]
(pp. 23-4)
(pp. 23-4)
Categories
Provenance
Reading Trotter in ECCO
Citation
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1702).
Text transcribed from Catharine Trotter, A Defence of the Essay of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock. Wherein Its Principles With Reference to Morality, Reveal'd Religion, and the Immortality of the Soul, [Sic] Are Consider'd and Justify'd: In Answer to Some Remarks on That Essay. (London: Printed for Will Turner and John Nutt, 1702. <Link to ESTC>
Text transcribed from Catharine Trotter, A Defence of the Essay of Human Understanding, Written by Mr. Lock. Wherein Its Principles With Reference to Morality, Reveal'd Religion, and the Immortality of the Soul, [Sic] Are Consider'd and Justify'd: In Answer to Some Remarks on That Essay. (London: Printed for Will Turner and John Nutt, 1702. <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
03/23/2005
