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John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Section S2
Section 1,001 of 1,114
Canonical reference B4.C12.S2
English
Project Gutenberg transcription of Locke author text
One thing which might probably give an occasion to this way of proceeding in other sciences, was (as I suppose) the good success it seemed to have in MATHEMATICS, wherein men, being observed to attain a great certainty of knowledge, these sciences came by pre-eminence to be called [word in Greek], and [word in Greek], learning, or things learned, thoroughly learned, as having of all others the greatest certainty, clearness, and evidence in them.
French
Pierre Coste · Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, 1735, third edition
Une choſe qui apparemment a donné lieu à cette méthode dans les autres Sciences, ç’a été, je penſe, le bon ſuccès qu’elle ſemble avoir dans les Mathematiques qui ont été ainſi nommées par excellence du mot Grec Μαθήματα, qui ſignifie Choſes appriſes, exactement & parfaitement appriſes, cette Science ayant un plus grand dégré de certitude, de clarté, & d’évidence qu’aucune autre Science.
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