 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1851 - 580 pages
...be nothing else but the evidence of the truth of any proposition ; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, or can have, is...our own consent, to give ourselves up to delusion ; for, if strength of persuasion be the light which must guide us, I ask how shall any one distinguish... | |
 | JOHN MURRAY - 1852 - 786 pages
...be nothing else but—The evidence of the Truth of any proposition: and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, or can have, is...the prince of darkness, and, by our own consent, to ~ive ourselves up to delusion, to believe a lie. delation must be judged of by reason.—He, therefore,... | |
 | William L. Hickey - Constitutional history - 1853 - 588 pages
...be nothing else but the evidence of the truth of any proposition ; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, or can have, is from the clearness and validity of those jtroofs upon wjiich it is received. To talk of any other light in the understanding, is to put ourselves... | |
 | John Locke - 1854 - 536 pages
...be nothing else but the evidence of the truth of any proposition ; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, or can have, is...to believe a lie. For if strength of persuasion be the light which must guide us ; I ask how shall any one distinguish between the delusions of Satan... | |
 | John Locke, James Augustus St. John - Language and languages - 1854 - 576 pages
...be nothing else but the evidence of the truth of any proposition ; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has or can have is from...up to delusion to believe a lie. For if strength of persusasion be the light •which must guide us; I ask how shall any one distinguish between the delusions... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 588 pages
...be nothing else but the evidence of the truth of any proposition ; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, or can have, is...our own consent, to give ourselves up to delusion ; for, if strength of persuasion be the light which must guide us, I ask how shall any one distinguish... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1854 - 590 pages
...be nothing else but the evidence of the truth of any proposition ; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, or can have, is...ourselves in the dark, or in the power of the Prince of DarkTiess, and by our own consent, to give ourselves up to delusion ; for, if strength of persuasion... | |
 | Thomas Halyburton - 1865 - 160 pages
...be, nothing else but the evidence of the truth of any proposition ; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, or can have, is...dark, or in the power of the prince of darkness."§ 5. In the following paragraph, he tells us plainly, that there is no way of knowing any revelation... | |
 | John Locke - 1879 - 722 pages
...be nothing else but the evidence of the truth of any pro position ; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, or can have, is...to believe a lie : for if strength of persuasion be the light which must guide us, I ask, How shall any one distinguish between the delusions of Satan,... | |
 | John Locke - Philosophy - 1892 - 566 pages
...can be nothing else but the evidence of the truth of any proposition; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has or can have is from...up to delusion to believe a lie. For if strength of persusasion be the light which must guide us; I ask how shull any one distinguish between the delusions... | |
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Light, true light, in the mind is, or can be, nothing else but the evidence of the truth of any proposition; and if it be not a self-evident proposition, all the light it has, or can have, is from the clearness and validity of those proofs upon which... 
