 I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings...  An Essay Concerning Human Understanding - Page 222by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...vitriol. Newton's Optichs. To put into any particular state or circumstances; to make liable to any thing. Having got the way of reasoning, which that study...transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they shall hare occasion. Locke. The question for bringing the king to justice was immediately put, and carried... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 pages
...having acquired the manner of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they may be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, as they shall have occasion. 9. But though the study of mathematics be of all others the most useful to form the mind, and give... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1830 - 350 pages
...Mr. Locke : " I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a 14 IMAGINATION. habit of reasoning closely, and in train ; not that I think...mathematicians ; but that having got the way of reasoning, to which that study necessarily brings the mind, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of... | |
 | John Locke - 1831 - 458 pages
...settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train ; not that it is necessary for all men to be deep mathematicians, but that, having got the way...which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they may be able to transfer it to other parts of knowlege. For in all reasoning, every single argument... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 536 pages
...and in train ; not that it is necessary for all men to be deep mathematicians, but that, havinggot the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they may be able to transfer it to other parts of knowlege. For in all reasoning, every single argument... | |
 | John Locke - 1833 - 156 pages
...so plain. ยง 7. Mathematics. I HAVE mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train ; not that I think...have occasion. For, in all sorts of reasoning,, every sing^ argument should be managed as a mathematical demonstration : the connexion and dependence of... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1833 - 370 pages
...mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely, and in train ; hot that I think it necessary that all men should be deep...mathematicians ; but that having got the way of reasoning, to which tnal study necessarily brings the mind, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - 1833 - 320 pages
...necessary that all should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning which that study brings the mind to, they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge as they hare occasion.' The same writer observes in another part of his ' Essay on the Human Understanding,'... | |
 | 1836 - 532 pages
...mentioned Mathematics, says he, as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in a train ; not that I think it necessary that all men...should be managed as a mathematical demonstration." In the opinion of Locke, certainly, an acquaintance with exact science does not unfit one for reasoning... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1836 - 394 pages
...mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train ; not that I think it necessary that all men should be mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning...able to transfer it to other parts of knowledge." t " He that has to do with young scholars, especially in mathematics, may perceive how their minds... | |
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