 I can discover, are the windows by which light is let into this dark room; for methinks the understanding is not much unlike a closet wholly shut from light, with only some little openings left to let in external visible resemblances, or ideas of things...  Elements of the philosophy of the human mind - Page 50by Dugald Stewart - 1829Full view - About this book
 | Alexandra Wettlaufer - 2003 - 316 pages
...as far as I can discover, are the windows by which light is let into this dark room. For. methinks, the understanding is not much unlike a closet wholly...only some little opening left, to let in external resemblances, or ideas of things without: would the pictures coming into a dark room just stay there,... | |
 | Birgit Schwelling - 2013 - 384 pages
...the Understanding is not much unlike a Cioset wholly shut from light, with only sotne little openings left, to let in external visible Resemblances, or...such a dark Room but stay there, and lie so orderly äs to be found upon occasion, it would very much resemble the Understanding of a Man, in reference... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2004 - 600 pages
...and acquired only by experience, that is to say, through the five senses: methinks, the Understand1ng is not much unlike a Closet wholly shut from light, with only some little openings left, to let in external visible Resemblances, or Ideas of things without; would the Pictures... | |
 | Nancy Yousef - 2004 - 286 pages
...are the Windows by which light is let into this dark Room. For, methinks, the Understanding is not so much unlike a Closet wholly shut from light, with only some little openings left, to let in external visible Resemblances, or Ideas of things without" (2.11.17). If darkness... | |
 | Simon Blackburn - 2005 - 272 pages
...and impressions come from the impact of the world upon us. John Locke compares the understanding to a 'closet, wholly shut from light, with only some...external visible resemblances, or ideas, of things without'.3 The senses are trusted messengers, and what they inform us of, by means of the impressions... | |
 | John Archer - 2005 - 512 pages
...as far as I can discover, are the Windows by which light is let into this dark Room. For, methinks, the Understanding is not much unlike a Closet wholly shut from light, with only some little openings left, to let in external visible Resemblances, or Ideas of things without; would the Pictures... | |
 | Graham Faiella - 2005 - 120 pages
...What, then, is the difference between "understanding" and "reason"? Locke says "understanding" is like "a closet wholly shut from light, with only some little...external visible resemblances, or ideas of things without [from outside]." So "understanding" is like the mind: an empty chamber at birth that fills up with... | |
 | Peter Schwenger - 2006 - 244 pages
...of the understanding as a camera obscura in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding? "For, methinks, the Understanding is not much unlike a Closet wholly shut from light, with only some little openings left ... to let in external visible Resemblances" (II.xi.17). The glass of the window would... | |
 | Philip Vogt - 2008 - 222 pages
...as far as I can discover, are the Windows by which light is let into this dark Room. For, methinks, the Understanding is not much unlike a Closet wholly shut from light, with only some little openings left, to let in external visible Resemblances, or Ideas of things without; would the Pictures... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...far as I can discover, are the windows by which light is let into this dark room ; for methinks that the understanding is not much unlike a closet wholly...resemblances, or ideas of things without; would the pictures coining into such a dark room stay 'there, and lie BO orderly as to be found upon occasion, it would... | |
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