 He that will not eat, till he has demonstration that it will nourish him ; he that will not stir, till he infallibly knows the business he goes about will succeed ; will have but little else to do, but to sit still and perish.  The North American Review - Page 5821900Full view - About this book
 | John Locke - 1823 - 672 pages
...till he has demonstration that it will nourish him ; he that will not stir, till he infallibly knows the business he goes about will succeed ; will have...but little else to do, but to sit still and perish. §. 2. What use to be made of this twilight state. — Therefore, as God has set some things in broad... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 602 pages
...till he has demonstration that it will nourish him ; he that will not stir, till he infallibly knows the business he goes about will succeed ; will have...but little else to do, but to sit still and perish. § 2. What use to be made of this twilight state. — Therefore, as God has set some things in broad... | |
 | William Mawdesley Best - 1845 - 232 pages
...till he has démonstration that it will nourish him, he that will not stir till he infallibly knows the business he goes about will succeed, will have but little else to do but to sit still and perish."(z) In all cases, when actual knowledge or certainty is unattainable, we are obliged to resort... | |
 | JOHN MURRAY - 1852 - 786 pages
...that will not eat till he has demonstration that [food] will nourish him, he that will not stir till he infallibly knows [that] the business he goes about will succeed, will have little else to do but to sit still and perish. What use to be made of this twiligltt state.—Therefore,... | |
 | Joseph Goodeve - 1862 - 776 pages
...till he has demonstration that it will nourish him, he that will not stir till he infallibly hnows the business he goes about will succeed, will have but little else to do but to sit still and perish."f , Though absolute certainty, however, is but sparingly -given to human sagacity to achieve,... | |
 | 1904 - 846 pages
...these spheres we act upon such beliefs as if they were certainly true. ... As Locke has well said, ' He that will not stir until he infallibly knows that...will succeed, will have but little else to do but to be still and perish ' " (pp. 406-i08). The author well maintains that the real evidence for Christianity... | |
 | William Stanley Jevons - 1874 - 978 pages
...evidence of guilt were required, and as Locke remarks, ' He that will not stir till he infallibly knows the business he goes about will succeed, will have...but little else to do but to sit still and perish.' f There is not a moment of our lives when we do not lie under a slight danger of death, or some most... | |
 | William Stanley Jevons - 1874 - 984 pages
...evidence of guilt were required, and as Locke remarks, ' He that will not stir till he infallibly knows the business he goes about will succeed, will have but little else to do but to sit still and perish.)f There is not a moment of our lives when we do not lie under a slight danger of death, or... | |
 | Frank Sargent Hoffman - 1908 - 434 pages
...; and, accordingly, he was ready to say concerning them, as he does say in the statement itself, "I believe" — not "I am absolutely certain of their...apply those powers to all the objects with which he conies in contact. In every sphere of investigation he should begin with doubt, and the student will... | |
 | James Seth - 1912 - 404 pages
...He that will not eat till he has demonstration that it will nourish him ; he that will not stir till he infallibly knows that the business he goes about will succeed, will have little else to do but to sit still and perish. Therefore, as God has set some things in broad daylight... | |
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