Chapter XII
Of the Improvement of our Knowledge An essay concerning human understanding | ||
5. To do so is no certain way to truth.
If, therefore, those that pass for principles are not certain, (which we must have some way to know, that we may be able to distinguish them from those that are doubtful,) but are only made so to us by our blind assent, we are liable to be misled by them; and instead of being guided into truth, we shall, by principles, be only confirmed in mistake and error.
Chapter XII
Of the Improvement of our Knowledge An essay concerning human understanding | ||