 | 1741 - 408 sidor
...Miilakes and Cor.fu' fion, that are fpread in the World by an ill Ufe of ' Words, will find fome Reafon to doubt, whether ' Language, as it has been employed,...contributed ' more to the Improvement or Hindrance of Know« ledge amongft Mankind.' I am inclined to believe, that if we could, by a Kind of Chemical Operation,... | |
 | John Locke - 1796 - 554 sidor
...wor'JI * \ fufion, that are fpread in the world by an ff error*, ill ufe of words, will find fome reafon to doubt whether language, as it has been employed,...more to the improvement or hindrance of knowledge amongft mankind. How many are there that, when they would think on things, fix thejr thoughts only... | |
 | John Locke - 1801 - 398 sidor
...the mistakes and con- words the fusion, that are spread in the world by an Sj; eal: cause ill use or words, will find some reason to doubt whether language,...improvement or hindrance of knowledge amongst mankind. How many are there that, when they would think on things, fix their thoughts only on words, especially... | |
 | John Locke - 1801 - 950 sidor
...miftakes and confufion, that ztefpread in ike world by an ill ufe of -words, will find forne realbn to doubt whether language, as it has been employed, has contributed more to the improvement or hinclerance of knowledge amongft mankind. How many ate there, that when they would think on things,... | |
 | John Locke - 1805 - 520 sidor
...are spread in the world by an great ca»se ill use of words, will find some reason to oferrorsdoubt whether language, as it has been employed, has contributed...improvement or hindrance of knowledge amongst mankind. How many are there that, when they would think on things, fix their thoughts only on words, especially... | |
 | Robert Eden Scott - 1805 - 524 sidor
...miftakes and confufion, that are fpread * in the world by an ill ufe of words, will find * fome reafon to doubt whether language, as * it has been employed, has contributed more * to the improvement or hinderance of know* ledge in the world. ' This judicious philofopher has dedicated a whole book of... | |
 | 1811 - 444 sidor
...Understanding, " He that shall well consider the errors and obscurity, the mistakes and confusion, that is spread in the world by an ill use of words, will find reason to doubt, whether language, as it has been employed, has contributed more to the improvement... | |
 | John Locke - 1813 - 448 sidor
...taken. § 4. Misuse of 'words the cause of great errors. FOR he that shall well consider the errors and obscurity, the mistakes and confusion, that are...employed, has contributed more to the improvement or hinderance of knowledge amongst mankind. How many are there, that when they would think on things,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 454 sidor
...Understanding, " He that shall well consider the errors and obscurity, the mistakes and confusion, that is spread in the world by an ill use of words, will find reason to doubt, whether language, as it has been employed, has contributed more to the improvement... | |
 | John Locke - 1816 - 1048 sidor
...are spread in the world by an great cause ill use of words, will find some reason to oferror3doubt whether language, as it has been employed, has contributed...improvement or hindrance of knowledge amongst mankind. How many are there that when they would think on things, fix their thoughts only on words, especially... | |
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For he that shall well consider the errors and obscurity, the mistakes and confusion, that are spread in the world by an ill use of words, will find some reason to doubt whether language, as it has been employed, has contributed more to the improvement... 
