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" I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning, which that study necessarily brings... "
Harry and Lucy Concluded;: Being the Last Part of Early Lessons - Page 249
by Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 336 pages
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THE WORKS OF JOHN LOCKE

J. JOHNSON - 1801 - 374 pages
...farther inquiry: but in probabilities, where there wants demonstration to establish the truth §. 7. I have mentioned mathematics as a •way to settle in the mind an habit of reason- t i C s ing closely and in train; not that I think it necessary that all men should...
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The conduct of the understanding

John Locke - 1801 - 168 pages
...connection, wonders what it was he stuck at in a case so plain. SECT. 1. • . • -. . * . Mathematics. I HAVE mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind an habit of reasoning closely and hi tram ; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep...
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Philosophical beauties selected from the works of John Locke

John Locke - 1802 - 308 pages
...to see the connection, wonders what it was he stuck at in a ease so plain. SECT. VII. MATHEMATICS. I HAVE mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind an habit of reasoning closely and in train ; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep...
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Elements of General Knowledge: Introductory to Useful Books in the ..., Volume 2

Henry Kett - 1805 - 340 pages
...the higher branches of knowledge. The benefit to be derived from them is thus stated by Mr. Locke : " I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely, and in train ; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians ; but that having...
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Elements of General Knowledge: Introductory to Useful Books in the ..., Volume 2

Henry Kett - 1805 - 340 pages
...the higher branches of knowledge. The benefit to be derived from them is thus stated by Mr. Locke: " I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely, and in train; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians ; but that having...
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Elements of General Knowledge: Introductory to Useful Books in the Principal ...

Henry Kett - 1812 - 500 pages
...the higher branches of knowledge. The benefit to be derived from them is thus stated by Mr. Locke : " I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit »f reasoning closely, and in train ; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 2

John Locke - 1813 - 448 pages
...comes to see the connection, wonders what it was he stuck at in a case so plain. § 7. Mathematics. I HAVE mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind an habit of reasoning closely anu in train ; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep...
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An essay concerning human understanding. To which are now added, i. Analysis ...

John Locke - 1816 - 1048 pages
...puzzled, when he comes to see the connexion, wonders what it was he stuck at, in a case so plain. $. 7. I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind an habit of reason- J™ *~ ing closely and in train; not that I think it necessary that all men should...
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The Literary and Scientific Class Book: Embracing the Leading Facts and ...

Levi Washburn Leonard - 1827 - 398 pages
...the higher branches of knowledge. The benefit to be derived from them is thus stated by Mr. Locke : " I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a 14 IMAGINATION. habit of reasoning closely, and in train ; not that I think it necessary that all men...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: With the Author's Last Additions ...

John Locke - 1828 - 602 pages
...comes to see the connexion, wonders what it was he stuck at in a case so plain. § 7. Mathematies. — I have mentioned mathematics as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in train ; not that I think it necessary that all men should be deep mathematicians, but that, having...
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