 | William Samuel Cardell - 1825 - 224 halaman
...which is want of understanding, disposeth men to take on trust, not only the truth they know not, but the errors, and which is more, the nonsense of them...can, without a perfect understanding of words, be detected."—Hobbs. Leviathan, Chap. II. 59. Language consists of words, employed by common consent,... | |
 | William Samuel Cardell - 1825 - 276 halaman
...fourteen feet long. " Ignorance of the signification of words, which is want of understanding, disposeth men to take on trust, not only the truth they know not, but -the errors, and which is more, the nonsense (|f them they trust ; for neither error nor sense can,... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1839 - 744 halaman
...deceive them. And from Ignorance of the signification of words, which is want of understanding, disposeth men to take on trust, not only the truth they know...nonsense of them they trust : for neither error nor nonsense, can without a perfect understanding of words, be detected. From the same it proceedeth, that... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - 1839 - 766 halaman
...signification of words, which want of un- . /. , -,. •,. , , demanding, is want or understanding, disposeth men to take on trust, not only the truth they know...nonsense of them they trust : for neither error nor nonsense, can without a perfect understanding of words, be detected. From the same it proceedeth, that... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1839 - 428 halaman
...made too generally characteristic of mankind. 146. Ignorance of the signification of words disposes men to take on trust not only the truth they know not, but also errors and nonsense. For neither can be detected without a perfect understanding of words. "But ignorance... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1843 - 634 halaman
...made too generally characteristic of mankind. 146. Ignorance of the signification of words disposes men to take on trust not only the truth they know not, andpreju- but also errors and nonsense. For neither can be detected without a perfect understanding... | |
 | Charles V. Kraitsir - 1852 - 252 halaman
...L ANGTJAGK. " Ignorance of the signification of words, which is a want of understanding, dispoeeth men to take on trust, not only the truth they know not, but ihe errors, — and which is more, the nonsense of them they trust j for neither error nor sense can,... | |
 | 1854 - 492 halaman
...should deceive them. Ignorance of the signification of words, which is want of understanding, disposes men to take on trust, not only the truth they know...nonsense of them they trust ; for neither error nor nonsense can, without a perfect understanding of words, be detected.1 Ignorance of the causes and original... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 halaman
...the forest yet. BURNS. IGNORAJTCE8 AND PREJUDICES. IGNORANCE of the signification of words disposes men to take on trust not only the truth they know not, but errors and nonsense. For neither can be detected without a perfect understanding of words. But ignorance... | |
 | Select thoughts, Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1875 - 858 halaman
...words. — Dr. Skinntr. WORKS.— Understanding of Ignorance of the signification of words disposes men to take on trust not only the truth they know not, but errors and nonsense ; for neither can be detected without a perfect understanding of words. — Hobbes.... | |
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Ignorance of the signification of words, which is want of understanding, disposeth men to take on trust not only the truth they know not, but also the errors, and which is more, the nonsense of them they trust; for neither error nor nonsense can, without... 
