 | Johann Eduard Erdmann - 1840 - 460 Seiten
...in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension, to shop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things, which upon examination we found to be beyond the reach of our capacities. — Thus men extending their enquiries beyond their... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - 1849 - 338 Seiten
...things ' which exceed its comprehension, to stop when it is at ' the utmost extent of its tether, and sit down in a quiet ' ignorance of those things which...' found to be beyond the reach of our capacities.' That this modest and quiet wisdom should be little acceptable to French Eclectics or German Transcendentalists... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 Seiten
...exceeding its comprehension, to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether, and to sit down in quiet ignorance of those things which, upon examination, are found to be above the reach of our capacities. We should not then, perhaps, be so prone, out of affectation of... | |
 | Claude Henri Victor Cousin - 1852 - 464 Seiten
...in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those...then, perhaps, be so forward, out of an affectation of a universal knowledge, to raise questions, and perplex ourselves and others with disputes about things... | |
 | 1858 - 422 Seiten
...in meddling with things exceeding its compreliension, to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether, and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those...are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities." And again : " For I thought that the first step towards satisfying several inquiries the mind of man... | |
 | Victor Cousin - 1853 - 444 Seiten
...encouraging useful investigations. ing its comprehension; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those...then, perhaps, be so forward, out of an affectation of a universal knowledge, to raise questions, and perplex ourselves and others with disputes about things... | |
 | John Locke - 1854 - 536 Seiten
...in mecMling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether ; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those...then, perhaps, be so forward, out of an affectation of a universal knowledge, to raise questions, and perplex ourselves and others with disputes about things... | |
 | John Locke - 1854 - 560 Seiten
...in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those...our capacities.* We should not then perhaps be so retinS d'une si longue poursuite, c'est d' avoir appris a recognoltre sa foiblesse. L'ignorance qui... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 660 Seiten
...of knowledge where vogue dans toute 1'Allemagne, que ceui imagination has no influence over the its tether ; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those...are found to be beyond the reach of our capacities." . . . . " My right hand writes," says Locke, in another part of his Essay, " whilst my left hand is... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1857 - 838 Seiten
...the things exceeding its comprehension, to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether, and sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which...then perhaps be so forward, out of an affectation of universal knowledge, to raise questions and perplex ourselves and others about things to which our... | |
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I suppose it may be of use to prevail with the busy mind of man to be more cautious in meddling with things exceeding its comprehension ; to stop when it is at the utmost extent of its tether; and to sit down in a quiet ignorance of those things which,... 
