The Works of George Berkeley, Volume 3J. F. Dove, 1820 |
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... means those masters of reason which they would fain pass for . VII . I do not say , as you would represent me , that we have no better reason for our religion than you have for fluxions : but I say , that an infidel , who believes the ...
... means those masters of reason which they would fain pass for . VII . I do not say , as you would represent me , that we have no better reason for our religion than you have for fluxions : but I say , that an infidel , who believes the ...
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... means as are innocent and just , rather than the criminal method of lessening or detracting from my opponents . ( Ibid . ) You accuse me of the odium theologicum , the intemperate zeal of divines , that I do stare super vias antiquas ...
... means as are innocent and just , rather than the criminal method of lessening or detracting from my opponents . ( Ibid . ) You accuse me of the odium theologicum , the intemperate zeal of divines , that I do stare super vias antiquas ...
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... means . These are never averse to have their principles looked into , and ex- amined by the test of reason . Another sort there is who learn by rote a set of principles and a way of thinking which happen to be in vogue . These betray ...
... means . These are never averse to have their principles looked into , and ex- amined by the test of reason . Another sort there is who learn by rote a set of principles and a way of thinking which happen to be in vogue . These betray ...
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... mean idol- atry , you inveigh against me as a person conceited of my own abilities ; not considering that a person of less abilities may know more on a certain point than one of greater ; not considering that a purblind eye , in C 2 A ...
... mean idol- atry , you inveigh against me as a person conceited of my own abilities ; not considering that a person of less abilities may know more on a certain point than one of greater ; not considering that a purblind eye , in C 2 A ...
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... mean deference to the best of mathematicians , who are no more qualified than they are , to judge of the simple apprehension , or the evidence of what is delivered in the first elements of the method ; men by farther and frequent use or ...
... mean deference to the best of mathematicians , who are no more qualified than they are , to judge of the simple apprehension , or the evidence of what is delivered in the first elements of the method ; men by farther and frequent use or ...
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Page 244 - All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
Page 130 - if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel
Page 116 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 73 - What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, And grind the faces of the poor? Saith the Lord God of hosts. 16 Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with stretched forth necks And wanton eyes, Walking and mincing as they go, And making a tinkling with their feet...
Page 233 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of art by nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : <• In happy climes the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense, The pedantry of courts and schools...
Page 125 - Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Page 73 - Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls and their round tires like the moon, the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, the rings and nose-jewels, the changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, the glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils.
Page 251 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge...
Page 252 - The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Page 402 - Prevailing studies," he observes, " are of no small consequence to a state, the religion, manners, and civil government of a country ever taking some bias from its philosophy, which affects not only the minds of its professors and students, but also the opinions of all the better sort, and the practice of the whole people, remotely and consequentially indeed, though not inconsiderably. Have not the...