...necessary to examine our own Abilities, and see, what Objects our Understandings were, or were not fined to deal with. This I proposed to the Company, who...thereupon it was agreed, that this should be our first Enquiry"* Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding took its birth from that winter conversation,...

...in to my Thoughts, that we took a wrong course,- and that, before we set our selves upon Enquiries of that Nature, it was necessary to examine our own...thereupon it was agreed, that this should be our first Enquiry. Some hasty and undigested Thoughts, on a Subject I had never before considered, which I set...

...came into my thoughts, that we took a wrong course; and that before we set ourselves upon enquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own...thereupon it was agreed, that this should be our first enquiry. Locke sets himself the task of defining both the objects and the limits of the understanding....

...remote from this, found themselves quickly at a stand by the difficulties that arose on every side. After we had awhile puzzled ourselves without coming...was agreed that this should be our first inquiry. Some hasty and undigested thoughts on a subject I had never before considered, which I set down against...

...found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution...was agreed, that this should be our first inquiry. Some hasty and undigested thoughts on a subject I had never before considered, 'which I set down against...

...that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were not fitted to deal with. This I proposed to the...was agreed, that this should be our first inquiry. " The commonwealth of learning is not at this time without masterbuilders, whose mighty designs in...