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The Philosophical Basis of Theism: An Examination of the Personality of Man ... - Page 326
by Samuel Harris - 1883 - 564 pages
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...to be lightly passed over : for if any man shall think by view and inquiry into these sensible and material things to attain that light whereby he may...to God, no perfect knowledge, but wonder, which is a broken knowledge. And therefore it was most aptly said by one of 'Plato's school, "That the sense...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 778 pages
...shall think by view and inquiry into these sensible and material things to attain that light whereby be may reveal unto himself the nature or will of God,...to God, no perfect knowledge, but wonder, which is a broken knowledge. And therefore it was most aptly said by one of 'Plato's school, "That the sense...
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Bacon; His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...shall think hy view and inquiry into these sensihle and material things to attain that light wherehy he may reveal unto himself the nature or will of God, then indeed is he spoiled hy vain philosophy ; for the contemplation of God's creatures and works produceth (having regard to...
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Faust: A Tragedy

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 366 pages
...and the infallible decrees of nature ; but if any man shall think, by view and inquiry into sensible things, to attain that light, whereby he may reveal unto himself the nature and will of God, then is he veiled through vain philosophy ; for the sense of man is as the sun, which...
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Faust, a tragedy, tr. by capt. [C.H.] Knox

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 360 pages
...and the infallible decrees of nature ; but if any man shall think, by view and inquiry into sensible things, to attain that light, whereby he may reveal unto himself the nature and will of God, then is he veiled through vain philosophy ; for the sense of man is as the sun, which...
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The United Presbyterian Magazine, Volume 2

1848 - 596 pages
...sensible and material things, to attain to that light whereby he may reveal unto himself the nature and will of God, then, indeed, is he spoiled by vain philosophy : for the contemplation of God's creatures and work produceth (having regard to the work and creatures themselves) knowledge. And therefore it was...
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Theophany: Or, The Manifestation of God in the Life, Character, and Mission ...

Robert Turnbull - Atonement - 1849 - 248 pages
...but for a part, cannot be without supplies by supposition and presumption." — Works, Vol. ip 241. " The contemplation of God's creatures and works produceth...knowledge, but wonder, which is broken knowledge." — p. 163. tranged from him, is brought back to fellowship with him ; /icja- — and as He in the...
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Thoughts on the conduct of the understanding

Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...to be lightly passed over ; for if any man shall think by view and inquiry into these sensible and material things to attain that light whereby he may reveal unto himself the nature and will of God, then indeed is he spoiled through vain philosophy. For the contemplation of the creatures,...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...to be lightly passed over : for if any man shall think by view and inquiry into these sensible and material things to attain that light, whereby he may...therefore it was most aptly said by one of Plato's school, " That the sense of man carrieth a resemblance with the sun, which, as we see, openeth and revealeth...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...tobe lightly passed over: for if any man shall think, by view anil inquiry into these sensible and servation ; it subsiste In all things, in all natures,...stars Of azure heaven, the unenduring clouds, In flow ho spoiled by vain philosophy : for the contemplation of God's creatures and works produeeth (having...
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