"subjective" in OED

[Towse]

[cc:] James Kossuth wrote:
>
> OED 2 has this quotation at sense 3a of "subjective":
>
> 1707 Oldfield Ess. Impr. Reason ii. xix, Objective certainty,
> or that of the thing, as really it is in itself..a Subjective
> certainty of it in the infinite Mind.
>
> I'm trying to find the full citation for that quotation, but
> "Oldfield" does not seem to be in the bibliography.  Does
> anyone know who this Oldfield was, and the full title of the
> work?

I believe you're looking for an essay on the improvement of
reason or some such by Joshua Oldfield (1656-1729), a British
philosopher, contemporary (and friend) of John Locke and Isaac
Newton.

Listed in the Locke bibliography as
Oldfield J          Essay td improvement                      M
1707 xx  5548
<http://www.libraries.psu.edu/iasweb/locke/workroom/io.html>

Hope that gets you closer to your cite.

Sal
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