 God and what supposes liberty, — the virtuous, the immortal. "•Man reveals God: for man, by his intelligence, rises above nature, and, in virtue of this intelligence, is conscious of himself as a power not only independent of, but opposed to, nature,...  The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology - Page 3171859Full view - About this book
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1873 - 310 pages
...producing what alone is of God, and supposes liberty the witness, the immortal.' lMan reveals God. For man, by his intelligence, rises above Nature, and, in virtue of his intelligence, is conscious of himself as a power not only independent of, but opposed to, Nature,... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1870 - 644 pages
...certainly something above nature.* "Man," says Jacobi, "by his intelligence rises above nature, and is conscious of himself as a power, not only independent of, but opposed to, nature, and capable of controlling, modifying, and governing nature." — Von den Gottlichen Dingen, Werke, volume iii, pp.... | |
 | Manthano (pseud.) - 1872 - 396 pages
...ascribe personality to God ; and his moral consciousness to give to Him a spiritual and moral nature. " Man by his intelligence rises above nature, and, in...power, superior to nature, which dwells in him, so has he a belief in God, a feeling, an experience of His existence." Admitting, then, that God is a... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - First philosophy - 1872 - 590 pages
...what alone is of God and what supposes liberty, — the virtuous, the immortal. '* Man reveals God : for man, by his intelligence, rises above nature,...of resisting, conquering, and controlling her. As manhas a living faith in this power, superior to nature, which dwells in him ; so has he a belief in... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - First philosophy - 1872 - 578 pages
...independent of, but opposed to, nature, and capable of resisting, conquering, and controlling her. As mail has a living faith in this power, superior to nature, which dwells in him; so has he a belief in God, a feeling, an experience of his existence. As he does not believe in this power,... | |
 | Henry Longueville Mansel - Christianity - 1875 - 382 pages
...producing what alone is of God and what supposes liberty, — the virtuous, the immortal. Man reveals God: for Man by his intelligence rises above nature, and...of this intelligence is conscious of himself, as a 1 Hi&toire des doctrines religieuses de la Philosophic Moderne, Introduction, p. xli. 2 SIcCosh, Mrthod... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 842 pages
...abyss Only eternal transformations of herself, unconsciously and without <-i d. But man reveals God— for man, by his intelligence, rises above nature,...virtue of this intelligence, is conscious of himself, na a power not only independent of^ but opjiimmguiice, m cuiiBCLUiis DJ imiiBeu, IIB a. puwi'i nui... | |
 | Theology - 1882 - 376 pages
...within her sphere and proceeding from her powers, is absolutely impossible. ..." "Man reveals God: for man by his intelligence rises above nature, and...power, superior to nature, which dwells in him ; so has he a belief in God, a feeling, an experience of his existence. As he does not believe in this power,... | |
 | Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters - Science - 1882 - 774 pages
...and without end, excluding with equal necessity both providence and chance. . . . Man reveals God; for man, by his intelligence, rises above nature, and in virtue of this intelligence is conscious of hlms 'If as a power not only independent of but opposed to nature, and capable of resisting, conquering... | |
 | George Park Fisher - Apologetics - 1883 - 528 pages
...within her sphere, and proceeding from hei powers, is absolutely impossible. . . . "Man reveals God; for man by his intelligence rises above Nature, and...power, superior to Nature, which dwells in him, so has he a belief in God, a feeling, an experience, of his existence. As he does not believe in this... | |
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