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" It may also lead us a little towards the original of all our notions and knowledge, if we remark how great a dependence our words have on common sensible ideas; and how those which are made use of to stand for actions and notions quite removed from sense,... "
An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now added, i. analysis ... - Page 426
by John Locke - 1824
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - 1805 - 554 pages
...ledge, if we.remark how great a dependence suthassig. our .words have on common sensible ideas: idea/ and how. those, which, are made use of to stand for...transferred to more abstruse significations; and made lo stand for ideas that come not under the cognizance of our senses : vg to imagine, apprehend, comprehend,...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - 1805 - 562 pages
...dependentsuch as sig. our W ords have on common sensible idea? 5 ™ ' and llow tnose > wl » cn arc made use of to stand for actions and notions quite...sense, have their rise from thence, and from obvious bcn>ible ideas arc transferred to more abstrusignifications ; and made to stand for ideas that come...
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Philosophical Essays

Dugald Stewart - 1816 - 644 pages
...make « i hi m objecli of thought."— P. 60. 4to edit. * *' words have on common sensible ideas ; and how those which *' are made use of to stand for...sense, have their rise from thence, and from obvious sen*' sible ideas are transferred to more abstruse significations, and " made to stand for ideas that...
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An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now added, i ..., Volume 1

John Locke - 1817 - 556 pages
...remark how great a dependence such as sig- our Words have on common sensible ideas : idIassenslble and how those' which are made use of to stand for...come not under the cognizance of our senses: vg to ima§ine, apprehend, comprehend, adhere, conceive, instil, isgust, disturbance, tranquillity, &c. are...
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An essay concerning human understanding. Also, extr. from the author's works ...

John Locke - 1819 - 518 pages
...notions and knowledge, if we remark how great a dependence our words have on common sensible ideas: and how those, which are made use of to stand for...conceive, instil, disgust, disturbance, tranquillity, Sec. are all words taken from the operations of sensible things, and applied to certain modes of thinking....
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An essay concerning human understanding. Also, extr. from the author's works ...

John Locke - 1819 - 516 pages
...those, which are made use of to stand fov ac•ions find notions quite removed from sense, have th-^ir rise from thence, and from obvious sensible ideas...more abstruse significations; and made to stand for idea* that come not under the cognizance of our son-os ; vg to imagine, apprehend, comprehend, adhere,...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - 1823 - 672 pages
...notions and knowledge, if Wfe remark, how great a dependance our words have on common sensible ideas ; and how those, which are made use of to stand for...cognizance of our senses : vg, to imagine, apprehend, compre-f hend, adhere, conceive, instil, disgust, disturbance, tranquillity, &c., are all words taken...
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The Works of John Locke, Volume 2

John Locke - 1823 - 444 pages
...deledge, if we remark how great a depend- rived from ence our words have on common sensible ideas ; and how those, which are made use of to stand for...ideas that come not under the cognizance of our senses : fg". to imagine, apprehend, comprehend, adhere, conceive, instil, disgust, disturbance, tranquillity,...
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A Series of Lectures upon Locke's Essay

Dionysius Lardner - 1824 - 218 pages
...confirm the principle that sensation is the original source of our ideas; for these words, which express actions and notions quite removed from sense, have...from obvious sensible ideas are transferred to more abstruce significations. (See Lecture II.) 4. To understand better the use and force of language, as...
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An Inquiry Into the Structure and Affinity of the Greek and Latin Languages ...

George Dunbar - 1827 - 310 pages
...notions and knowledge, if we remark how great a dependance our words have on common sensible ideas, and how those, which are made use of to stand for...notions, quite removed from sense, have their rise from theiice, and from obvious sensible ideas, are transferred to more abstruse significations, and made...
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