Authority Cited: Molineux
Author name and dates: William Molyneaux (1656-1698)
BKG Bio-tweet: Well-off philosopher, translator, politician; praised Locke Essay on Human Understanding; posed “Molyneaux’s Problem”
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: one Molyneaux cite in 1755 Dict. Vol.1. No additional Molyneaux cites were identified as added in the 1773 Dict. The edition of Locke's Works used by SJ is unknown. See the Locke page for an edition discussion.]
Text: He should . . . have his . . . firing and candlelight in my house . . . . (cited as Molyneux in text)
Author name and dates: William Molyneaux (1656-1698)
BKG Bio-tweet: Well-off philosopher, translator, politician; praised Locke Essay on Human Understanding; posed “Molyneaux’s Problem”
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: one Molyneaux cite in 1755 Dict. Vol.1. No additional Molyneaux cites were identified as added in the 1773 Dict. The edition of Locke's Works used by SJ is unknown. See the Locke page for an edition discussion.]
- Molineux to Locke: The works of John Locke, Esq; in three volumes. The fifth edition. To which is now first added, The life of the author; and a collection of several of his pieces published by Mr. Desmaizeaux. 1751, London: printed for S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Longman, J. Shuckburgh, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, J. Oswald, A. Millar, J. Beecroft, J. and J. Rivington, J. Ward, and M. Cooper. Vol. 3, p.504: candlelight [BKG Note: inexact quote, perhaps from memory, or perhaps a condensation.]
Text: He should . . . have his . . . firing and candlelight in my house . . . . (cited as Molyneux in text)