"When we find out an Idea, by whose Intervention we discover the Connexion of two others, this is a Revelation from God to us, by the Voice of Reason"
— Locke, John (1632-1704)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Awnsham, John Churchil, and Samuel Manship
Date
1700
Metaphor
"When we find out an Idea, by whose Intervention we discover the Connexion of two others, this is a Revelation from God to us, by the Voice of Reason"
Metaphor in Context
When we find out an Idea, by whose Intervention we discover the Connexion of two others, this is a Revelation from God to us, by the Voice of Reason. For we then come to know a Truth that we did not know before. When God declares any Truth to us, that is a Revelation to us by the Voice of his Spirit, and we are advanced in our Knowledge.
(IV.vii.11)
(IV.vii.11)
Categories
Provenance
Reading S. H. Clark's "Locke and Metaphor Reconsidered" in JHI 59:2 (1998) p. 261
Citation
I find over 22 entries in the ESTC (1700, 1706, 1710, 1715, 1721, 1726, 1731, 1735, 1741, 1748, 1753, 1759, 1760, 1765, 1768, 1775, 1777, 1786, 1788, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1798). See also the many abridgements issued in the period.
An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. In Four Books. Written by John Locke, Gent. 4th edition, with large additions. (London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil, at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster-Row; and Samuel Manship, at the Ship in Cornhill, near the Royal-Exchange, 1700) <Link to ESTC><Link to EEBO>
Searching in a Past Masters edition based on the 12th Edition of Locke's Works and proofread against the 1959 Fraser edition.
Reading John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, ed. Peter Nidditch (Oxford, Oxford UP, 1975)--against which I have checked the text searched in Past Masters. Note, Nidditch's text is based on 4th ed. of 1700.
An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. In Four Books. Written by John Locke, Gent. 4th edition, with large additions. (London: Printed for Awnsham and John Churchil, at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster-Row; and Samuel Manship, at the Ship in Cornhill, near the Royal-Exchange, 1700) <Link to ESTC><Link to EEBO>
Searching in a Past Masters edition based on the 12th Edition of Locke's Works and proofread against the 1959 Fraser edition.
Reading John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, ed. Peter Nidditch (Oxford, Oxford UP, 1975)--against which I have checked the text searched in Past Masters. Note, Nidditch's text is based on 4th ed. of 1700.
Date of Entry
03/02/2014
