Excerpt from The Conduct of the Understanding They, fays he, who attributed (0 much to logic, perceived very well and truly, that ir was not fafe to troll the underltanding to itle lt, without the guard or any rules. But the remedy reached not the evil, but became a part ofit for the logic which tool: aplace, though it m1gbe do well enough ln civil an fairs, an d the arts which coufifled 1n talk and opinion, yet comes very far fhort of fubtilty in the r al performances of na ture, and catching at what it cannot reach, has ferved to confirm and ef'tablith errors, rather than to Open a way to truth. And the efeae a little after he fays, That it is abfolutely necef fary that a better and perfetfter ufe and emplow ment of the mind and underftanding {hould be introduced. Nae/aria reguiritnr ut melior ct' pen/949i mentit ct intel/ee'lur lat/mam. Lift at adope-s ratio introdztcatur. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.