"As for his General Theory of them, I esteem it, as all others of this kind, a sort of mere waking Dream, that Men are strangely apt to fall into, when they think long of a Subject, beginning quite at the wrong End; for by framing such Conceits in their Fancies, they vainly think to give their Understandings Light, whilst the Things themselves are still, and perhaps ever must remain, in Darkness."
Letter to John Locke (December 20, 1692) [from Some Familiar Letters]
3 entries in ESTC for uniform title <u>Some Familiar Letters Between Mr. Locke and Several of His Friends</u> (1708, 1737, 1742).<br>
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Text from <u>Familiar Letters Between Mr. John Locke, and Several of His Friends. In Which Are Explain'd, His Notions in His Essay Concerning Human Understanding, and in Some of His Other Works</u>, 4th ed. (London: Printed for F. Noble; T. Wright; and J. Duncan, 1742). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T130566">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="books.google.com/books?id=-004AAAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;. ESTC note: "A reissue of the 1737 Bettesworth and Hitch edition, with the addition of the 'life', and a cancel titlepage."<br>
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See also <u>Some Familiar Letters Between Mr. Locke, and Several of His Friends.</u> (London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster Row, 1708). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T117287">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="books.google.com/books?id=gzIVAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;