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"An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding"
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Date: 1690, 1694, 1695, 1700, 1706
Surveying the "Powers of our own Minds" is like fathoming "the depths of the Ocean": "'Tis of great use to the Sailor to know the length of his Line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the Ocean. 'Tis well he knows, that it is long enough to reach the bottom, at such Places as are ...
preview | full record— Locke, John (1632-1704)