 Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new...  The Works of John Locke - Page 149by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Theodore Parker - Religion - 1864 - 506 pages
...BOOK II 18 • (H9) " Reason is natural Revelation, whereby the eternal Father of Light and Fountain of all Knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he haa laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Revelation is natural Reason enlarged by a new... | |
 | Thomas Ebenezer Webb - Idea (Philosophy) - 1857 - 214 pages
...dispute. "Reason," he says, "is Natural Revelation, whereby the Eternal Father of Light and Fountain of all Knowledge communicates to mankind that portion of Truth which He has laid within the reach of our Natural Faculties" (iv. xix. 4). Nay, so impressed is Locke with the lofty prerogatives of the... | |
 | Thomas Ebenezer Webb - Idea (Philosophy) - 1857 - 218 pages
...dispute. " Reason," he says, " is Natural Revelation, whereby the Eternal Father of Light and Fountain of all Knowledge communicates to mankind that portion of Truth which He has laid within the^reach of our Natural Faculties" (iv. xix. 4). Nay, so impressed is Locke with the lofty prerogatives... | |
 | African Americans - 1858 - 1094 pages
...philosophy,* that <{ reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light and fountain of all knowledge communicates to mankind that portion...discoveries communicated by God immediately, which reason reaches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives that they come from God. So that he that... | |
 | Henri Édouard Schedel - Faith - 1858 - 510 pages
...Revelation, or rather after increasing the confusion, by terming Reason, natural revelation, and Revelation, natural reason, enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by God ; Locke proceeds with the same simile, " so that he that takes away reason to make way for revelation,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1859 - 508 pages
...had in his view ; " Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of Light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion...proofs it gives that they come from God. So that he who takes away reason to make way for revelation, puts out the light of both, and does much the same... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - Theology - 1860 - 530 pages
...19, § 4) : — " Reason is natural revelation, w hereby the eternal Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion...gives, that they come from God. So that he, that takes awav reason, to make way for revelation, puts out the light of both, ancf does much-what the same as... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - Theology - 1860 - 504 pages
...chap. 19, § 4) : — " Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion...natural faculties: revelation is natural reason enlarged hy a new set of discoveries communicated hy God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, hy... | |
 | Charles Beard - France - 1861 - 552 pages
...are of the Holy Thorn ; of the Church, he cannot be silent as to the scandals which afflict, Fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion...enlarged by a new set of discoveries communicated by GoJ immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives that they... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - Theologoy - 1861 - 552 pages
...Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of troth which ho has laid within the reach of their natural faculties : revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new sot of discoveries communicated by God immediately, which reason Touches the truth of, by the testimony... | |
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