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" As a blind man has no idea of colors, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things. He is utterly void of all body and bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen, nor heard, nor touched ; nor ought... "
Elementary algebra, with brief notices of its history - Page 28
by Robert Potts - 1879
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Thought and Religion, Or, The Mutual Contributions of Philosophy and Theology

James William Lowber - Christianity - 1912 - 264 pages
...of all body and bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen, nor heard, nor touched, nor ought to be worshipped under the representation of any corporeal...what the real substance of anything is we know not." Socrates At the completion of the first epoch of philosophy when the thinkers of Greece, in despair,...
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New Outlook, Volume 6

New Thought - 1953 - 1224 pages
...bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen, nor heard, nor touched ; nor ought to be worshiped under the representation of any corporeal thing. We...what the real substance of anything is we know not — much less, then, have we any idea of the substance of God." "We know him only by his most wise...
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Eighteenth-Century Philosophy

Lewis White Beck - History - 1966 - 332 pages
...void of all body and bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen, nor heard, nor touched; not ought he to be worshipped under the representation...of his attributes, but what the real substance of any thing is we know not. In bodies, we see only their figures and colours, we hear only the sounds,...
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The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690

Henry G. van Leeuwen - History - 1970 - 188 pages
...points out that only the attributes and not the real natures are known: "We have ideas of His [God's] attributes, but what the real substance of anything is we know not. In bodies we see only their 71 Cohen and Schoficld, p. 280. 73 See for example the second and fourth letters to Bentley, Cohen...
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Newton’s Scientific and Philosophical Legacy

Paul B. Scheurer, G. Debrock - History - 1988 - 406 pages
...things. He is utterly void of all body and bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen or heard, nor touched; nor ought he to be worshipped under the representation of any corporeal things... We know him only by his most wise and excellent continuance of things and final causes; we...
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The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy: Selected Readings

Michael R. Matthews - Philosophy - 1989 - 180 pages
...bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen, nor heard, nor touched; nor ought he to be worshiped under the representation of any corporeal thing. We...know not. In bodies, we see only their figures and colors, we hear only the sounds, we touch only their outward surfaces, we smell only the smells, and...
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Essays on the Context, Nature, and Influence of Isaac Newton’s Theology

J.E. Force, R.H. Popkin - Biography & Autobiography - 1990 - 244 pages
...He is utterly void of all body and bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen, nor heard, nor touched; nor ought he to be worshipped under the representation of any corporeal thing.2 This formulation, of course, very much resembles the Jewish rejection of any kind of idolatry...
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The Third Force in Seventeenth Century Thought

Richard Henry Popkin - Philosophy - 1992 - 394 pages
...things. He is utterly void of all body and bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen or heard, nor touched, nor ought he to be worshipped under the representation of any corporeal thing. . .We know him only by his most wise and excellent continuance of things and final causes; we admire him...
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Published Essays: 1940-1952

Eric Voegelin - Europe - 2000 - 267 pages
...He is utterly void of all body and bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen, nor heard, nor touched; nor ought he to be worshipped under the representation of any corporeal thing. . . . We know him only by his most wise and excellent contrivances of things, and final causes; we admire him...
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Body and Building: Essays on the Changing Relation of Body and Architecture

George Dodds, Robert Tavernor, Joseph Rykwert - Architecture - 2002 - 452 pages
...is "utterly devoid of all body and bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen, nor heard, nor touched; nor ought he to be worshipped under the representation of any corporeal thing."2 Thus, Newton challenged a tradition that had endured for sixteen hundred years that identifies...
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