...reasonable creatures . . . not that I think it necessary that all men should go deep into mathematics, but that having got the way of reasoning which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they might transfer it to other parts of knowledge as they shall have occasion." In religious matters, Professor...

...but that having got the way of reasoning which that study necessarily brings the mind to, they might transfer it to other parts of knowledge as they shall have occasion." In religious matters, Professor Williams is equally austere. "I hold by the established doctrines,"...

...and opportunity, not so much to make them mathematicians as to make them reasonable creatures. . . . Not that I think it necessary that all men should...it to other parts of knowledge as they shall have occasion."104 Again, "the business of education ... is not, as I think, to make them (the pupils) perfect...

...reasonable creatures."244 "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...mathematicians, but that having got the way of reasoning, every single argument should be managed as a mathematical demonstration, the connection and dependence...

...because the habits of mathematicians are everywhere of use (p. 222).'° Although he recommends that 'in all sorts of reasoning, every single argument should be managed as a mathematical demonstration' (p. 222), Locke recognises that in probable reasoning a single argument can never be decisive. Nonetheless...

...enable us to reach verdicts on got the way of reasoning which that study necessarily brings the minde to they might be able to transfer it to other parts of knowledg as they shall have occasion.' 3:1 Wolff, Vernünftige Gedanken, p. 171: 'Durch diese Schlüsse...

...one's actions within it. The main mechanism of this training in reasoning is to be mathematics '. . . not that I think it necessary that all men should...it to other parts of knowledge as they shall have occasion.'32 What is noticeable about the argument - apart from a transfer of training argument - is...

...flower, requires the learning of substantive subjects such as Greek, Latin, and particularly mathematics: "in all sorts of reasoning, every single argument...should be managed as a mathematical demonstration," though "not so much to make them mathematicians as to make them reasonable creatures" (Conduct, sec....

...flower, requires the learning of substantive subjects such as Greek, Latin, and particularly mathematics: "in all sorts of reasoning, every single argument...should be managed as a mathematical demonstration," though "not so much to make them mathematicians as to make them reasonable creatures."4' And although...

...mentioned Mathematics, says he, as a way to settle in the mind a habit of reasoning closely and in a train ; not that I think it necessary that all men...should be managed as a mathematical demonstration." In the opinion of Locke, certainly, an acquaintance with exact science does not unfit one for reasoning...