An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
A work by John Locke, first published in 1690
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New opinions are usually opposed just for being uncommon, but a truth is no less true for being new, Human understanding is bright enough for all our purposes, and its limits are no excuse for idleness, Our task is not to know everything, but to know what concerns our conduct …
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What korrents draws from it
korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.
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New opinions are usually opposed just for being uncommon, but a truth is no less true for being new (opens korrents.com)1
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Human understanding is bright enough for all our purposes, and its limits are no excuse for idleness (opens korrents.com)1
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Our task is not to know everything, but to know what concerns our conduct (opens korrents.com)1
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The argument from universal consent seems rather to show there are no innate principles, since none has universal assent (opens korrents.com)1
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Hoping to know through other people's understanding is probably as unreasonable as hoping to see through their eyes (opens korrents.com)1
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All the materials of reason and knowledge come from experience (opens korrents.com)1
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