 Of what consequence the discovery of one natural body and its properties may be to human life, the whole great continent of America is a convincing instance ; whose ignorance in useful arts, and want of the greatest part of...  An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Page 87by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | John Locke - 1928 - 436 pages
...business of mankind in general ; (who are both concerned, and fitted to search out their summum bonum) as several arts, conversant about several parts of...and their own particular subsistence in this world. I would not ^therefore be thought to disesteem, or dissuade the study of nature. I readily agree the... | |
 | Thomas L. Pangle - 1990 - 344 pages
...several parts of Nature, are the Lot and private Talent of particular Men, for the common use of humane Life, and their own particular Subsistence in this...of one natural Body, and its Properties may be to humane Life, the whole great Continent of America is a convincing instance . . . I mean the Mineral... | |
 | Thomas L. Pangle - 1990 - 344 pages
...think I may conclude, that Morality is the proper Science, and Business of Mankind in general; . . . as several Arts, conversant about several parts of...private Talent of particular Men, for the common use of humane Life, and their own particular Subsistence in this World. Of what Consequence the discovery... | |
 | Joyce Oldham Appleby - 1996 - 578 pages
...business of mankind in general (who are both concerned and fitted to search out their summum bonum), as several arts, conversant about several parts of...useful arts, and want of the greatest part of the conveniences of life, in a country that abounded with all sorts of natural plenty, I think may be attributed... | |
 | Nicholas Wolterstorff - 1996 - 276 pages
...out their Summum Bonum,)." That is what holds for humanity in general. And as for leisured people: "several arts, conversant about several parts of nature,...private talent of particular men, for the common use of humane life, and their own particular subsistence in this world." It is to the "common use of humane... | |
 | Barbara Arneil - 1996 - 248 pages
...natural Capacities, and carries in it our greatest interest, ie the Condition of our eternal Estate ... Of what Consequence the discovery of one natural Body, and its Properties may be to humane Life, the whole great Continent of America is a convincing instance: whose Ignorance in usefull... | |
 | Michael J. White - 1997 - 230 pages
...Business of Mankind in general; (who are both concerned, and fitted to search out their Summum Bonum,) as several Arts, conversant about several parts of...are the Lot and private Talent of particular Men" (chap. 12, 646). While the content of our moral and essential religious obligations may be a matter... | |
 | 2000 - 456 pages
...as distinguished from ethics, which is the " proper science and business of mankind in general" — "are the lot and private talent of particular men...human life and their own particular subsistence in the world " (Essay, IV. xn., § n). To these arts improvement is due. The natives of America are uncivilized,... | |
 | John Locke - 1800 - 540 pages
...conversant about several parts of nature, are the lot and private talnnt of particular men, for tlie common use of human life, and their own particular...useful arts, and want of the greatest part of the conveniences of life, in a country that abounded with all sorts of natural plenty, I think may be attributed... | |
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