useful to know the extent of our comprehension.
in this passage Locke tries to explain how far our minds power can reach. at what point do we understand things and until what point do we lose knowledge of what is being thought of. so he thinks that our minds have a limit. and therefore we can not comprehend truth because our minds cant reach that level of intellect or in this case that level of thought. we can not understand truth. in a way he seems to be sending Descartes's work into a garbage can . because of our minds cant reach that point of understanding then how can we see the truth??
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I think you have a great point, on Page 106, Locke talked about method of innate ideas. he think that our mind have much more clear, precise, and distinct function. our mind is abstracts, denominates, compares, and exercises its operation and try not to make mistake. so i disagree with Locke about our mind can only go so far. I think our mind can constantly move and try to find the truth and minus mistake.
but yet i still wonder how is it that we don't make mistakes. its weird how can we say this is true and this other one is not.
but yet i still wonder how is it that we don't make mistakes. its weird how can we say this is true and this other one is not.
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