- EAN13
- 9782381118635
- Éditeur
- Human and Literature Publishing
- Date de publication
- 29/10/2023
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Livre numérique
-
Aide EAN13 : 9782381118635
- Fichier EPUB, libre d'utilisation
- Fichier Mobipocket, libre d'utilisation
- Lecture en ligne, lecture en ligne
3.49
It is evident to anyone who takes a survey of the objects of human knowledge,
that they are either ideas actually imprinted on the senses; or else such as
are perceived by attending to the passions and operations of the mind; or
lastly, ideas formed by help of memory and imagination – either compounding,
dividing, or barely representing those originally perceived in the aforesaid
ways...
«That in order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life,
to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.
As we were at one time children, and as we formed various judgments regarding
the objects presented to our senses, when as yet we had not the entire use of
our reason, numerous prejudices stand in the way of our arriving at the
knowledge of truth; and of these it seems impossible for us to rid ourselves,
unless we undertake, once in our lifetime, to doubt of all those things in
which we may discover even the smallest suspicion of uncertainty...
That we ought also to consider as false all that is doubtful.
Moreover, it will be useful likewise to esteem as false the things of which we
shall be able to doubt, that we may with greater clearness discover what
possesses most certainty and is the easiest to know...»
*[XXe]: 20e siècle
that they are either ideas actually imprinted on the senses; or else such as
are perceived by attending to the passions and operations of the mind; or
lastly, ideas formed by help of memory and imagination – either compounding,
dividing, or barely representing those originally perceived in the aforesaid
ways...
«That in order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life,
to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.
As we were at one time children, and as we formed various judgments regarding
the objects presented to our senses, when as yet we had not the entire use of
our reason, numerous prejudices stand in the way of our arriving at the
knowledge of truth; and of these it seems impossible for us to rid ourselves,
unless we undertake, once in our lifetime, to doubt of all those things in
which we may discover even the smallest suspicion of uncertainty...
That we ought also to consider as false all that is doubtful.
Moreover, it will be useful likewise to esteem as false the things of which we
shall be able to doubt, that we may with greater clearness discover what
possesses most certainty and is the easiest to know...»
*[XXe]: 20e siècle
S'identifier pour envoyer des commentaires.