 | John Locke - 1722 - 640 pages
...Brutes j and that the having of general Ideas, is that which $• i°. " puts a perfect diftinclion betwixt Man and Brutes ; and is an Excellency " which the Faculties of Brutes do by no means attain to." Tho', fpeakiug of the Faculties of the Humafc Under/landing, I took occafion, by the bye, to conjecture... | |
 | Pierre Bayle - 1826 - 442 pages
..." This I think I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them, and that the having of general ideas is that which puts a perfect...which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to. For it is evident, we observe no footsteps in them of making use of general signs, for universal... | |
 | John Locke - 1768 - 418 pages
...not at all in them ; and that the having of general Ideas, is that which puts a perfect Diftin&idn betwixt Man and Brutes, and is an Excellency which the Faculties of Brutes do by no means attain to. For it is evident, we obferve no Footfteps in them, of making life of general Signs for univerfal... | |
 | John Locke - 1796 - 560 pages
...not at all in them ; and that the having of gefleral ideas, is that which puts a perfect diftinction betwixt man and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to. For it is evident we obferve no foorfleps in them of making ufe of general figns for univerfal... | |
 | John Locke - 1805 - 554 pages
...this, I think, 1 . may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them ; and that the having of general ideas, is that which puts a...which the faculties of brutes do. by no means attain to. For it is evident we observe no footsteps in them of making use of general signs for universal... | |
 | John Locke - 1805 - 562 pages
...this, I think, I niay be positive in, that the power of abstracting is no* tit all in them ; and that the having of general ideas, is that which puts a...which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to. For it is evident we observe no footsteps in them of making use of general signs fpr universal... | |
 | John Locke - 1806 - 390 pages
...this I think, I may be pofitive in, that the power of alftrafting is not at all in them ; and that the having of general ideas, is that which puts a...and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties o£ brutes do by no means attain to. For it is evident we obferve no fbotfteps in them, of making ufe... | |
 | John Locke - 1815 - 454 pages
...this, I think, I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them; and that the having of general ideas, is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt roan and brutes, and is an excellency which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to. For it... | |
 | 1862 - 822 pages
...before that language is the distinguishing characteristic of man ; it was known also that the having general ideas is that which puts a perfect distinction betwixt man and brutes ; but that these two were only different expressions of the same fact was not known till the theory... | |
 | John Locke - 1819 - 516 pages
...this, I think, I may be positive in, that the power of abstracting is not at all in them ; and that the having of general ideas, is that which puts a...which the faculties of brutes do by no means attain to. For it is evident we observe no footsteps in them of making use of general signs for universal... | |
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For it is evident, we observe no footsteps in them, of making use of general signs for universal ideas; from which we have reason to imagine, that they have not the faculty of abstracting, or making general ideas, since they have no use of words, or any... 
